AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

What is the difference between AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

Polaris 22GPU NameGM204
VegaM XL
(D715A714)
Model numberN16E-GT-A2
GCN 4.0ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0
GlobalFoundriesFoundryTSMC
14 nmProcess Size28 nm
5,000 millionTransistors5,200 million
208 mm²Die Size398 mm²

Graphics Card

Feb 1st, 2018Release DateOct 7th, 2014
Vega
(Vega M)
FamilyGeForce 900M
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
IGPBus InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)

Memory

4 GBMemory Size3 GB
HBM2Memory TypeGDDR5
1024 bitMemory Bus192 bit
179.2 GB/sBandwidth120.3 GB/s

Performance

32.35 GPixel/sPixel fillrate49.82 GPixel/s
80.88 GTexel/sTexture fillrate83.04 GTexel/s
2.588 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.657 TFLOPS
161.8 GFLOPS (1:16)FP64 (double) performance83.04 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

931 MHzBase Clock924 MHz
1011 MHzBoost Clock1038 MHz
700 MHz
1400 Mbps effective
Memory Clock1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective

Render Config

1280Shading Units1280
80TMUs80
32ROPs48
16 KB (per CU)L1 Cache48 KB (per SMM)
1024 KBL2 Cache1536 KB

Board Design

IGPSlot WidthMXM Module
65 WThermal design power (TDP)unknown
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs
D136Board NumberP2754 SKU 2 / 5

API support

12 (12_0)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
2.1OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.1
6.4Shader Model6.4