NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
VS
AMD Radeon R7 M260
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
VS
AMD Radeon R7 M260

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI and AMD Radeon R7 M260. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

119
Place in performance rating
890
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Value for money (0-100)
0.62
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN
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Code name
Topaz
Laptop
Type
Laptop
7 October 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$799
$1326
Price now
$430 (0.5x MSRP)
7.81
Value for money
0.04
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GPU code name
Opal Pro / Mars
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI and AMD Radeon R7 M260 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2560
Pipelines
384
924 MHz
Core clock speed
715 MHz
1038 MHz
Boost Clock
980 MHz
2x 5200 Million
Transistor count
1,550 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
162 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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Texture fill rate
23.52
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Floating-point performance
721.9 gflops
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Compute units
6
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1038 MHz
Boost clock speed
980 MHz
2x 5200 Million
Number of transistors
1,550 million
162 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI and AMD Radeon R7 M260.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
medium sized
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SLI options
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0 x8

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI and AMD Radeon R7 M260 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
2x 6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2x 192 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI and AMD Radeon R7 M260, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI and AMD Radeon R7 M260 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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AppAcceleration
-
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
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BatteryBoost
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Enduro
-
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1
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Zero Core
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI and AMD Radeon R7 M260. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0
DirectX
DirectX® 12
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OpenGL
4.3
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI and AMD Radeon R7 M260 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI or AMD Radeon R7 M260 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
AMD Radeon R7 M260
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
AMD Radeon R7 M260
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
AMD Radeon R7 M260
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
AMD Radeon R7 M260
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
AMD Radeon R7 M260
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI

48.84% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 384)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 M260

Cheaper ($430 (0.5x MSRP) vs $1326)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2x 6 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI or AMD Radeon R7 M260?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI versus AMD Radeon R7 M260 performance benchmarks comparison

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0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI
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