Radeon HD 8970M vs GeForce GTX 970M

Radeon HD 8970M
GeForce GTX 970M
1280 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
900MHz
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
993MHz
FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
100W
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
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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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 1
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon HD 8000
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
Pitcairn
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Variant
Neptune XT
Codename
NV124
GM204
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
1/8/2013
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
212 mm²
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 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
20 CUs
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850MHz Base
900MHz
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993MHz
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FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.14 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
28.8 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
47.664 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
72 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
512KB 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
1200MHz
Transfer Rate
4.8GT/s
Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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TDP
100W
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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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
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Model
VCE 1.0
Model
NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 4.0
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
11_1
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
6
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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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