GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon R9 M295X - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon R9 M295X
GeForce GTX 970M
5911
Radeon R9 M295X
5304
GeForce GTX 970M
Radeon R9 M295X
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GCN 3 (2014−2016)
GPU code name
GM204
Tonga
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2014
October 2014
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCIe 3.0
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
-
Core clock speed
924 MHz
723 MHz
CUDA cores
1280
-
Floating-point performance
2,657 gflops
2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
5,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
250 Watt
Texture fill rate
83.04
92.54
Memory type
GDDR5
Not Listed
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
0 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
Not Listed
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
-
Memory bandwidth
120 GB/s
160.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
Not Listed
CUDA
+
-
Mantle
-
+
OpenCL
1.1
Not Listed
OpenGL
4.5
4.4
Shader Model
6.4
6.3
Vulkan
1.1.126
-
Ansel
+
-
AppAcceleration
-
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
DualGraphics
-
1
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
-
1
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
HD3D
-
+
Optimus
+
-
PowerTune
-
+
Switchable graphics
-
1
TrueAudio
-
-
ZeroCore
-
+