Radeon RX 6800 3456SP vs GeForce GTX 970M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	411	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.54	no data
Power efficiency	12.94	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code name	GM204	Navi 21
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2014 (11 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	$579

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	3456
Core clock speed	924 MHz	1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	2250 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	83.04	486.0
Floating-point processing power	2.657 TFLOPS	15.55 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	96
TMUs	80	216
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	54
L0 Cache	no data	864 KB
L1 Cache	480 KB	768 KB
L2 Cache	1536 KB	4 MB
L3 Cache	no data	128 MB

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)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	120 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
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 support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.8
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm

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