AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

498
Place in performance rating
119
GCN
Architecture
Maxwell
Kaveri Spectre
Code name
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Desktop
Type
Laptop
14 January 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
7 October 2014 (7 years ago)
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Price now
$1326
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Value for money
7.81
Kaveri Spectre
GPU code name
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Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
2560
720 MHz
Core clock speed
924 MHz
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Boost Clock
1038 MHz
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Transistor count
2x 5200 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
162 Watt
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
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Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
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Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
162 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI.

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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+

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 Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2x 6 GB
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Memory bus width
2x 192 Bit
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Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
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Shared memory
-

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
+
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Optimus
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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BatteryBoost
+
+
DirectCompute 5.0
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.2
DirectX
DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI 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 Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
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 Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI

44.72% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 384)

So, AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI?

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

AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

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