AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
132
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Value for money (0-100)
27.18
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Maxwell
Caicos
Code name
GM204
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
19 September 2014 (7 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$10.38
Price now
$290 (0.9x MSRP)
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Value for money
34.98
Caicos
GPU code name
GM204
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
1664
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Core clock speed
1050 MHz
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Boost Clock
1178 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
5,200 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
148 Watt
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Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
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CUDA cores
1664
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
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Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
370 million
Number of transistors
5,200 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
148 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
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Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Surround
+
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Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
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GameStream
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.4
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $290 (0.9x MSRP))

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

43.8% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1664 vs 160)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 .

AMD Caicos versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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