Radeon 860M VS GeForce GTX 970

Explore the complete details of Radeon 860M VS GeForce GTX 970, including specs, performance benchmarks

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GeForce GTX 970

The Radeon 860M GPU by Unknown. features a RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) architecture. with 512 CUDA cores. and a boost clock of 3000 MHz MHz. It offers System Shared memory with System Shared GB capacity and a System Shared-bit interface. With a power consumption (TDP) of 15W. it supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.3 for enhanced performance.

The Radeon 860M GPU by Unknown. features a RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) architecture. with 512 CUDA cores. and a boost clock of 3000 MHz MHz. It offers System Shared memory with System Shared GB capacity and a System Shared-bit interface. With a power consumption (TDP) of 15W. it supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.3 for enhanced performance.

Benchmark Performance

Radeon 860M
11.20

GeForce GTX 970
23.21

General Information

Basic details about the Radeon 860M, including manufacturer, ranking, and release date.

Radeon 860M Radeon 860M GeForce GTX 970 GeForce GTX 970
Manufacturer Unknown NVIDIA
Ranking 430 235
Popularity Rank not in top-100 74
Architecture RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name Strix Point GM204
Market Segmente Laptop Desktop
Length - Width N/A - N/A 267 mm - 2-slot
Release Date March 2025 19 September 2014

Performance

Details on clock speeds, cores, and floating-point processing power of Radeon 860M VS GeForce GTX 970.

Core Clock Speed 400 MHz 1050 MHz
Boost Clock Speed 3000 MHz 1178 MHz
Floating Point Processing Power 3.072 TFLOPS 3.92 TFLOPS
No of Transistors 34,000 million 5,200 million
CUDA Cores 512 1664
Ray Tracing Cores 8 N/A
Tensor Cores N/A N/A
Texture Fill Rate 96.00 122.5
ROPs 8 56

Performance Score Comparison

Connectivity & API Support

Available display connectors and API compatibility for enhanced performance.

Radeon 860M Radeon 860M GeForce GTX 970 GeForce GTX 970
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI N/A 1
DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) N/A
Shader Model 6.8 N/A
OpenGL 4.6 N/A
OpenCL 2.1 N/A
Vulkan 1.3 N/A
CUDA N/A N/A
DLSS N/A N/A
TMUs 32 104

Memory & Bus

Information on memory type, capacity, and bandwidth to evaluate data processing power.

Memory Type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM System Shared 4 GB
Memory Bus Width System Shared 256 Bit
Memory Clock Speed System Shared 7.0 GB/s
Memory Bandwidth N/A GB/s 224 GB/s GB/s
Resizable BAR N/A N/A

Power & Efficiency

Power consumption, efficiency, and additional power requirements.

Power Consumption (TDP) 15 W 148 W
Power Efficiency 55.69 11.49
Manufacturing Process 4 nm 28 nm
Supplementary Power Connectors None 2x 6-pin

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