NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile

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Combined performance score

RX 470 Mobile
18.81
+27.2%

Radeon RX 470 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 970M by 27% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking273327
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money41.743.88
ArchitecturePolaris (2016−2019)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code namePolaris 10 ProGM204
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 August 2016 (7 years old)7 October 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$549.99 $2,560.89
Current price$148 (0.3x MSRP)$848 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 470 Mobile has 976% better value for money than GTX 970M.

Technical specs

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 cores20481280
CUDA coresno data1280
Core clock speed926 MHz924 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHz1038 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate137.583.04
Floating-point performance4,399 gflops2,657 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 470 Mobile and GeForce GTX 970M 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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed7000 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s120 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
VGA аnalog display supportno data+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno data+
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC supportno data+

Technologies

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

FreeSync+no data
GameStreamno data+
GeForce ShadowPlayno data+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorksno data+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoderno data+
Optimusno data+
BatteryBoostno data+
Anselno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDAno 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.

RX 470 Mobile 18.81
+27.2%
GTX 970M 14.79

Radeon RX 470 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 970M by 27% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 470 Mobile 10715
+43.6%
GTX 970M 7463

Radeon RX 470 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTX 970M by 44% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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:

900p170−180
+25%
136
−25%
Full HD70−75
+20.7%
58
−20.7%
1440p30−35
+11.1%
27
−11.1%
4K24−27
+14.3%
21
−14.3%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+30.4%
21−24
−30.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−7.7%
42
+7.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+32%
24−27
−32%
Battlefield 5 60−65
−4.8%
66
+4.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+28.9%
35−40
−28.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+30.4%
21−24
−30.4%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+8.7%
46
−8.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+24.4%
41
−24.4%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+6.6%
61
−6.6%
Hitman 3 50−55
+31.7%
40−45
−31.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+29%
30−35
−29%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+24%
24−27
−24%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+0%
40
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+28.6%
27−30
−28.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+8.3%
36
−8.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+32%
24−27
−32%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+16.7%
54
−16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+28.9%
35−40
−28.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+30.4%
21−24
−30.4%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+16.3%
43
−16.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+34.2%
38
−34.2%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+22.6%
53
−22.6%
Hitman 3 50−55
+31.7%
40−45
−31.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+29%
30−35
−29%
Metro Exodus 30−33
+25%
24
−25%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+24%
24−27
−24%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+17.6%
34
−17.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−9.8%
45
+9.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+28.6%
27−30
−28.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+85.7%
21
−85.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+32%
24−27
−32%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+28.6%
49
−28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+30.4%
21−24
−30.4%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+28.2%
39
−28.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+45.7%
35
−45.7%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+80.6%
36
−80.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+57.7%
26
−57.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+28.6%
27−30
−28.6%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+27.3%
21−24
−27.3%
Hitman 3 30−33
+30.4%
21−24
−30.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+19%
21−24
−19%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+28.6%
14
−28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+27.3%
10−12
−27.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+20%
20
−20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
+17.6%
17
−17.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
Battlefield 5 40−45
+24.2%
33
−24.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+14.8%
27
−14.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+44%
25
−44%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+65.2%
23
−65.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+33.3%
14−16
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Hitman 3 16−18
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+57.1%
7
−57.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+33.3%
9
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+18.8%
16
−18.8%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+40%
15
−40%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+15.4%
13
−15.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+50%
12
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+333%
6
−333%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%

This is how RX 470 Mobile and GTX 970M compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • RX 470 Mobile is 25% faster than GTX 970M

1080p resolution:

  • RX 470 Mobile is 20.7% faster than GTX 970M

1440p resolution:

  • RX 470 Mobile is 11.1% faster than GTX 970M

4K resolution:

  • RX 470 Mobile is 14.3% faster than GTX 970M

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 470 Mobile is 333% faster than the GTX 970M.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 970M is 9.8% faster than the RX 470 Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 470 Mobile is ahead in 64 tests (94%)
  • GTX 970M is ahead in 3 tests (4%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (1%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 18.81 14.79
Recency 4 August 2016 7 October 2014
Cost $549.99 $2560.89
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

The Radeon RX 470 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 970M in performance tests.


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