NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 8970M. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM204GPU NameNeptune
GTX 960 OEMModel numberNeptune XT
(216-0847000)
Maxwell 2.0ArchitectureGCN 1.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
5,200 millionTransistors2,800 million
398 mm²Die Size212 mm²

Graphics Card

Nov 26th, 2015Release DateMay 14th, 2013
GeForce 900FamilySolar System
(HD 8900M)
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 700PredecessorLondon
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

3 GBMemory Size4 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
120.3 GB/sBandwidth153.6 GB/s

Performance

44.35 GPixel/sPixel fillrate28.80 GPixel/s
73.92 GTexel/sTexture fillrate72.00 GTexel/s
2.365 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.304 TFLOPS
73.92 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance144.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1200 MHz
4.8 Gbps effective

Render Config

1280Shading Units1280
80TMUs80
48ROPs32
48 KB (per SMM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
1536 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthMXM Module
unknownThermal design power (TDP)100 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (11_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL1.2
1.1Vulkan1.2
6.4Shader Model5.1