AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

AMD Radeon R9 M295X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
2048 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
850MHz
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
993MHz
FP32
3.48 TFLOPS
FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
125W
TDP
75W
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 3
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon R 200
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
Tonga
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Variant
Amethyst XT
Codename
NV124
GM204
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
11/23/2014
Release Date
10/7/2014
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
359 mm²
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
5 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.93M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
2048 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Compute Units
32 CUs
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750MHz Base
850MHz
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993MHz
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FP32
3.48 TFLOPS
FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.22 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
27.2 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
47.664 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
108.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
79.44 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
768KB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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4GB
GDDR5
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1365MHz
Transfer Rate
5.5GT/s
Bandwidth
174.7GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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TDP
125W
TDP
75W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
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Model
VCE 3.0
Model
2x NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 5.0
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
8
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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