Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | GeForce GTX 950M 2GB | Radeon HD 8970M |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 205% | 140% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 179% | 120% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 170% | 113% |
| FIFA 21 | 54% | 21% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 330% | 238% |
| Hitman 3 | 297% | 213% |
| Genshin Impact | 205% | 140% |
| Far Cry 6 | 342% | 248% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 338% | 245% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 195% | 132% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon HD 8970M are noticeably better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M 2GB.
The GTX 950M has a 64 MHz higher core clock speed than the Radeon HD 8970M, but the Radeon HD 8970M has 40 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 950M. As a result, the Radeon HD 8970M exhibits a 31.4 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the GTX 950M. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 950M has a 64 MHz higher core clock speed than the Radeon HD 8970M, but the Radeon HD 8970M has 16 more Render Output Units than the GTX 950M. As a result, the Radeon HD 8970M exhibits a 12.6 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GTX 950M. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 950M was released over a year more recently than the Radeon HD 8970M, and so the GTX 950M is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the Radeon HD 8970M.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB and the Radeon HD 8970M have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The Radeon HD 8970M has 73.6 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 950M, which means that the memory performance of the Radeon HD 8970M is much better than the GTX 950M.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB has 640 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon HD 8970M has 1280. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 950M is 858 and the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD 8970M is 979. The Radeon HD 8970M having 121 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the Radeon HD 8970M delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 950M.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB requires 50 Watts to run and the Radeon HD 8970M requires 100 Watts. The Radeon HD 8970M requires 50 Watts more than the GTX 950M to run. The difference is significant enough that the Radeon HD 8970M may have a slight adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GTX 950M.
| Core Speed | 914 MHz |  | vs | 850 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 993 MHz | | vs | 900 MHz | |
| Architecture | Maxwell GM107-N16P-GT | GCN 1.1 Neptune XT | |||
| OC Potential | Good |
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vs | Fair | |
| Driver Support | Great | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 12 Mar 2015 | | vs | 14 May 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 9.9
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vs | |
10
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| 1600x900 | 7.8
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vs | |
8.8
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| 1920x1080 | 6
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vs | |
6.9
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| 2560x1440 | 4.3
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vs | |
5.1
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| 3840x2160 | 2.6
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vs | |
3.5
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| Memory | 2048 MB | | vs | | 2048 MB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz | | vs | 1200 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | vs | | 256 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 80GB/sec | vs | | 153.6GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 2048 KB | |
vs | 512 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 640 | vs | | 1280 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 41% | vs | | 47% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | vs | | 80 | |
| Texture Rate | 36.6 GTexel/s | vs | | 68 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 16 | vs | | 32 | |
| Pixel Rate | 14.6 GPixel/s | vs | | 27.2 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 50 Watts | | vs | 100 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | 4.4 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-4340M 2.9GHz | | vs | Intel Core i7-3820QM 4-Core 2.7GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | | 1920x1080 |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce GTX 950M 2GB is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the first variant of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture The first variant of the Maxwell Architecture succeeds the Kepler Architecture. Despite being also manufactured with a 28nm technology, it has an extremely large L2 Cache 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. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed GM107-N16P-GT which has 5 SM activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The central unit runs at 914MHz and goes up to 993MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface. The memory clock operates at 1253MHz. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. Features DirectX 12 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for GameStream, G-SYNC, GPU Boost 2.0, GeForce Experience, PhysX and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 50W, it may be equipped in average sized notebooks. Performance Because GeForce GTX 950M 2GB is just a higher clocked GeForce GTX 850M v2 2GB, its performance is only about 5% faster than its predecessors and so GeForce GTX 860M 2GB is still faster. Still, it still offers decent gaming at 1920x1080 and most modern games should run fluently at high settings. System Suggestions We recommend a strong processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a notebook with GeForce GTX 950M 2GB. | Overview Radeon HD 8970M is a High-End 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 Neptune XT which has 20 Compute Units activated and thus offers 1280 Shader Processing Units, 80 TMUs and 32 ROPs. The Central Unit Initially Operates at 850MHz and goes up to 900MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 256-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The memory clock operates at 1200MHz. 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 100W, it is suited for very large laptops. Performance Radeon HD 8970M is essentially a fast Radeon HD 7970M. Gaming benchmarks put its performance slightly above NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680M. System Suggestions We recommend a Powerful Processor (Intel Core i7 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with Radeon HD 8970M. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||