AMD FireStream 9170 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

What is the difference between AMD FireStream 9170 and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

RV670GPU NameG94
TeraScaleArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryTSMC
55 nmProcess Size65 nm
666 millionTransistors505 million
192 mm²Die Size240 mm²

Graphics Card

Nov 8th, 2007Release DateJul 29th, 2008
FireStreamFamilyGeForce 9M
(9700M)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

2 GBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
51.20 GB/sBandwidth51.20 GB/s

Performance

12.80 GPixel/sPixel fillrate8.480 GPixel/s
12.80 GTexel/sTexture fillrate12.72 GTexel/s
512.0 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance127.2 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
800 MHzGPU Clock530 MHz

Render Config

320Shading Units48
16TMUs24
16ROPs16
256 KBL2 Cache64 KB

Board Design

105 WThermal design power (TDP)60 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

10.1 (10_1)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
3.3 (full)
4.0 (partial)
OpenGL3.3
N/AOpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
4.1Shader Model4.0