AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Caicos | G94 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Caicos XT (215-0804070) | NB9E-GS |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 505 million |
| Die size | 67 mm² | 240 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 21st, 2013 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Volcanic Islands | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | Sea Islands | — |
| Successor | Pirate Islands | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 875 MHz | 530 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1325 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 14.40 GB/s | 51.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 160 | 48 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 24 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 64 KB |
| SM count | — | 6 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.500 GPixel/s | 8.480 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 7.000 GTexel/s | 12.72 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 280.0 GFLOPS | 127.2 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | — |
| TDP | 18 W | 60 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jul 29th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 9M (9700M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 8M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 100M |
