GeForce GTX 970 and Radeon R9 M395 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon R9 M395
GeForce GTX 970
9932
Radeon R9 M395
5097
GeForce GTX 970
Radeon R9 M395
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name
GM204
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Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
June 2015
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCIe 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
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Core clock speed
1050 MHz
834 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
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Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
5000 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
1792
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
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Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
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Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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Eyefinity
-
1
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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DirectX
12 (12_1)
DirectX® 12
CUDA
+
-
Mantle
-
+
OpenCL
1.2
Not Listed
OpenGL
4.4
4.4
Shader Model
6.4
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Vulkan
1.1.126
+
AppAcceleration
-
-
DualGraphics
-
1
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
-
1
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
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HD3D
-
+
PowerTune
-
+
Switchable graphics
-
1
TrueAudio
-
+
ZeroCore
-
+