AMD Radeon Vega 3 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Picasso | GM204 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 4,940 million | 5,200 million |
| Die size | 210 mm² | 398 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | GM204-200-A1 |
Integrated Graphics
| Release date | Nov 20th, 2019 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Picasso (Vega) | — |
| Production | Active | — |
| Interface | IGP | — |
| Predecessor | Raven Ridge | — |
| Successor | Renoir | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 300 MHz | 1050 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1100 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory clock | System Shared | 1753 MHz 7 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | System Shared | 4 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | System Dependent | 224.4 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 192 | 1664 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 12 | 104 |
| ROPs | 4 | 56 |
| Compute units | 3 | — |
| SMM count | — | 13 |
| Cache L1 | — | 48 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 2 MB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.400 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 13.20 GTexel/s | 122.5 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 844.8 GFLOPS (2:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 422.4 GFLOPS | 3.920 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 26.40 GFLOPS (1:16) | 122.5 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | IGP | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 148 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
| Length | — | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
| Height | — | 40 mm 1.6 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 300 W |
| Board number | — | PG401 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 5.2 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Sep 19th, 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 900 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Launch price | — | 329 USD |
| Interface | — | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 111 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 700 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 10 |
