Radeon R5 (Kaveri) vs GeForce 9700M GTS

Place in performance ranking	1127	1015
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	GCN 1.1 (2014)
GPU code name	NB9E-GS	Kaveri
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 July 2008 (15 years ago)	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Current price	$230	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	256
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	530 MHz	514 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	626 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	12.72	no data
Floating-point performance	127.2 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	180	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 9700M GTS and Radeon R5 (Kaveri) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

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API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9700M GTS 0.72

R5 (Kaveri) 1.21
+68.1%

Radeon R5 (Kaveri) outperforms GeForce 9700M GTS by 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

9700M GTS 2825

R5 (Kaveri) 3011
+6.6%

Radeon R5 (Kaveri) outperforms GeForce 9700M GTS by 7% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

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Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	no data
Hitman 3	2−3	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	no data
Hitman 3	2−3	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

0−1

no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	no data
Far Cry 5	1−2	no data
Hitman 3	7−8	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	no data