AMD Radeon RX 560X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
What is the difference between AMD Radeon RX 560X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M. Find out which graphics card has better performance.
Graphics Processor (GPU)
| Polaris 21 | GPU Name | GM204 |
| Polaris 21 XT (215-0908004) | Model number | N16E-GT-A2 |
| GCN 4.0 | Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 |
| GlobalFoundries | Foundry | TSMC |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 28 nm |
| 3,000 million | Transistors | 5,200 million |
| 123 mm² | Die Size | 398 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Apr 11th, 2018 | Release Date | Oct 7th, 2014 |
| Polaris (RX 500X) | Family | GeForce 900M |
| Active | Production | End-of-life |
| Polaris | Predecessor | GeForce 800M |
| PCIe 3.0 x8 | Bus Interface | MXM-B (3.0) |
Memory
| 4 GB | Memory Size | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 128 bit | Memory Bus | 192 bit |
| 112.0 GB/s | Bandwidth | 120.3 GB/s |
Performance
| 20.40 GPixel/s | Pixel fillrate | 49.82 GPixel/s |
| 81.60 GTexel/s | Texture fillrate | 83.04 GTexel/s |
| 2.611 TFLOPS | FP32 (float) performance | 2.657 TFLOPS |
| 163.2 GFLOPS (1:16) | FP64 (double) performance | 83.04 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Clock Speeds
| 1175 MHz | Base Clock | 924 MHz |
| 1275 MHz | Boost Clock | 1038 MHz |
| 1750 MHz 7 Gbps effective | Memory Clock | 1253 MHz 5 Gbps effective |
Render Config
| 1024 | Shading Units | 1280 |
| 64 | TMUs | 80 |
| 16 | ROPs | 48 |
| 16 KB (per CU) | L1 Cache | 48 KB (per SMM) |
| 1024 KB | L2 Cache | 1536 KB |
Board Design
| Dual-slot | Slot Width | MXM Module |
| 75 W | Thermal design power (TDP) | unknown |
| 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort | Display Connectors | No outputs |
| None | Power Connectors | None |
| C994 | Board Number | P2754 SKU 2 / 5 |
API support
| 12 (12_0) | DirectX | 12 (12_1) |
| 4.6 | OpenGL | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | OpenCL | 3.0 |
| 1.2 | Vulkan | 1.1 |
| 6.4 | Shader Model | 6.4 |