Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Radeon HD 8850M | GeForce GTX 970M 6GB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 528% | 59% |
| Hitman 3 | 717% | 107% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 474% | 46% |
| The Medium | 683% | 99% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 528% | 59% |
| FIFA 21 | 217% | 20% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 456% | 41% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 783% | 124% |
| Genshin Impact | 528% | 59% |
| Far Cry 6 | 808% | 130% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 6GB are massively better than the AMD Radeon HD 8850M.
The GTX 970M has a 299 MHz higher core clock speed and 40 more Texture Mapping Units than the Radeon HD 8850M. This results in the GTX 970M providing 48.9 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 970M has a 299 MHz higher core clock speed and 32 more Render Output Units than the Radeon HD 8850M. This results in the GTX 970M providing 34.4 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 970M was released over a year more recently than the Radeon HD 8850M, and so the GTX 970M is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the Radeon HD 8850M.
The GTX 970M has 4096 MB more video memory than the Radeon HD 8850M, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the GTX 970M also has superior memory performance overall.
The GTX 970M has 88.3 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Radeon HD 8850M, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 970M is much better than the Radeon HD 8850M.
The Radeon HD 8850M has 640 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 970M 6GB has 1280. However, the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD 8850M is 496 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 970M is 1716. The GTX 970M having 1220 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 970M delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Radeon HD 8850M.
The Radeon HD 8850M requires 45 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 970M 6GB requires 81 Watts. The GTX 970M requires 36 Watts more than the Radeon HD 8850M to run. The difference is significant enough that the GTX 970M may have a slight adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the Radeon HD 8850M.
| Core Speed | 625 MHz | vs |  | 924 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 775 MHz | vs | | 993 MHz | |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 Venus PRO | Maxwell GM204 | |||
| OC Potential | Fair | vs |
| Fair | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 01 Apr 2013 | vs | | 07 Oct 2014 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 7.2
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10
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| 1600x900 | 5.5
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 4.1
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8.4
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| 2560x1440 | 2.6
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6.1
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| 3840x2160 | 1.8
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4.5
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| Memory | 2048 MB | vs | | 6144 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz | vs | | 1253 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | vs | | 192 Bit | |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | | GDDR5 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 32GB/sec | vs | | 120.3GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | vs | |
2048 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | yes | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 640 | vs | | 1280 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 24% | vs | | 83% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | vs | | 80 | |
| Texture Rate | 25 GTexel/s | vs | | 73.9 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 16 | vs | | 48 | |
| Pixel Rate | 10 GPixel/s | vs | | 44.4 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 45 Watts | | vs | 81 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 11.1 | vs | | 12.1 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.2 | vs | | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-3360M 2.8GHz | | vs | Intel Core i7-4930MX 4-Core 3.0GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1366x768 | vs | | 1920x1080 | |
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| Mini Review | Overview Radeon HD 8850M is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the Second Revision of the GCN Architecture. Architecture The GCN 1.1 Release adds support for AMD's TrueAudio Technology which does calculations of audio effects "better" than the CPU and further improves the Powertune Technology. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed Venus PRO which has 10 Compute Units activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit Initially Operates at 625MHz and goes up to 775MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of DDR3, through a 128-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and in no way benefits the GPU. The memory clock operates at 1000MHz. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for Crossfire, PowerTune Technology, Eyefinity, App Acceleration, HD3D, ZeroCore Power and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 45W, it is suited for 17" or larger laptops. Performance Gaming benchmarks put its performance somewhat above NVIDIA's GeForce GT 750M. System Suggestions We recommend a Decent Processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with Radeon HD 8850M. | Overview GeForce GTX 970M 6GB is a high-end Mobile Graphics Card based on the second revision of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture The Second variant of the Maxwell Architecture, despite being also manufactured with a 28nm technology, has an extremely large L2 Cache and features a Third Generation Delta Color Compression which allows NVIDIA to produce Graphics Cards with relatively small memory data transfer rates, without causing too much impact on the overall performance. Furthermore, the Shaders have been redesigned and are both more powerful and energy efficient. The Second Revision of Maxwell also adds the VXGI (Voxel Global Illumination) Technology which makes scenes significantly more lifelike and believable as light interacts more realistically in the game environment and the MFAA Technology which provides the same effect as MSAA but at a much lower performance cost. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed GM204 which has 10 SM activated and thus offers 1280 Shader Processing Units, 80 TMUs and 48 ROPs. The central unit runs at 924MHz and goes up to 993MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 6GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 192-bit memory interface. The memory clock operates at 1253MHz. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and in no way adds extra performance. Features DirectX 12.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for SLI, GameStream, G-SYNC, GPU Boost 2.0, GeForce Experience, PhysX and other technologies. Temperature The Card is known to run cool. However, ultimately, it all depends on the notebook's cooling system. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 81W, it will only be equipped in large notebooks. Performance Benchmarks indicate its performance is over 10% faster than GeForce GTX 880M. Therefore, it should even surpass GeForce GTX 760 and be around as fast as desktop GeForce GTX 670. GeForce GTX 970M is therefore the second fastest mobile Graphics Card as of October 2014 and AMD's Radeon R9 M290X is beaten in over 20%. System Suggestions We recommend a very strong processor (Intel Core i7 Mobile Quad Core) and 8GB of RAM for a notebook with GeForce GTX 970M 6GB. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||