ATI Radeon IGP 345M vs GeForce GTX 970M

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	369	1548
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.49	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code name	GM204	RS200
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 October 2014 (10 years ago)	5 October 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	no data
Core clock speed	924 MHz	183 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	30 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	no data
Texture fill rate	83.04	0.37
Floating-point processing power	2.657 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	2
TMUs	80	2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	192 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	120 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	No outputs
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	-
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-
BatteryBoost	+	-
Ansel	+	-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	7.0
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.4
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	136	no data
Full HD	58	no data
1440p	27	no data
4K	21	no data

Cost per frame, $

1080p	44.15	no data
1440p	94.85	no data
4K	121.95	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 October 2014	5 October 2002
Chip lithography	28 nm	180 nm

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