AMD Ellesmere
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
AMD Ellesmere
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

General info

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

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Place in performance rating
229
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Value for money (0-100)
30.41
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Ellesmere
Code name
GM204
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
7 October 2014 (7 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$2,560.89
$49
Price now
$848 (0.3x MSRP)
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Value for money
4.32
Ellesmere
GPU code name
GM204
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

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

2304
Pipelines
1280
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Core clock speed
924 MHz
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Boost Clock
1038 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
5,200 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Texture fill rate
83.04
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Floating-point performance
2,657 gflops
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CUDA cores
1280
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
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Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
5,200 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

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Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

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 Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
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Memory bus width
192 Bit
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Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
120 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

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

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Display Connectors
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G-SYNC support
+
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HDMI
+
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VGA аnalog display support
+
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+

Technologies

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

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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Optimus
+
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Ansel
+
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GameStream
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+
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BatteryBoost
+
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
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DSR
+

API support

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

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 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 Ellesmere or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Ellesmere
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
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 Ellesmere

Cheaper ($49 vs $848 (0.3x MSRP))

More pipelines (2304 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

25.82% faster in synthetic tests

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Ellesmere or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M?

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

AMD Ellesmere versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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