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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Ellesmere  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M.

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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

Which GPU is better between AMD Ellesmere  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Ellesmere vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M.

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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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Ellesmere vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
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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

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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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 confrontation between the two contenders AMD Ellesmere and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

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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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

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3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

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SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

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Octane Render OctaneBench

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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Passmark

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User rating

5.0 Out of 4 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 44 Hitesti Score