AMD Radeon R9 M485X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

AMD Radeon R9 M485X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
2048 Shaders
8GB GDDR5
723MHz
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
993MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.96 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
INT8
FP32
2.96 TFLOPS
FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
Form Factor
Soldered
TDP
100W
TDP
75W

Peak AI Performance

  • 71% slower vs GeForce GTX 970M
  • 3.44x faster vs Radeon R9 M485X
Radeon R9 M485X - 2.96 TFLOPS FP32
x1
GeForce GTX 970M - 10.17 TOPS INT8
x3.44

FP32

  • 17% faster vs GeForce GTX 970M
  • 14% slower vs Radeon R9 M485X
Radeon R9 M485X - 2.96 TFLOPS FP32
x1.17
GeForce GTX 970M - 2.54 TFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 33% faster vs GeForce GTX 970M
  • 25% slower vs Radeon R9 M485X
Radeon R9 M485X - 160GB/s
x1.33
GeForce GTX 970M - 120GB/s
x1
  • 33% higher vs GeForce GTX 970M
  • 25% lower vs Radeon R9 M485X
Radeon R9 M485X - 100W
x1.33
GeForce GTX 970M - 75W
x1
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 3
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon R 400
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
Tonga
-
Variant
Antigua XT
Codename
NV124
GM204
-
-
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
5/15/2016
Release Date
10/7/2014
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
28nm
Fabrication Node
28nm
Die Size
359 mm²
Die Size
398 mm²
Transistor Count
5 Billion
Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
Transistor Density
13.93M/mm²
Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
2048 Shaders
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
-
-
Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Compute Units
32 CUs
-
-
723MHz Base
723MHz
-
993MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.96 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
INT8
FP32
2.96 TFLOPS
FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
FP64
190 GFLOPS
FP64
80 GFLOPS
-
-
INT8
10.17 TOPS
-
-
INT32
2.54 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
23.136 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
47.664 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
92.544 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
79.44 GTexel/s
L1
-
16KB/CU
L1
48KB/SM
-
L2
768KB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
8GB
GDDR5
3GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
160GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
TDP
100W
TDP
75W
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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
-
-
Model
VCE 3.0
Model
2x NVENC 3
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Model
UVD 5.0
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
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
-
-
GFX
8
-
-
-
-
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Not a Card
Not a Card
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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