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    GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon R9 M390

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon R9 M390, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 970M stacks up against Radeon R9 M390, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon R9 M390 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon R9 M390 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 970M or Radeon R9 M390 here:

    GeForce GTX 970M Laptops
    Radeon R9 M390 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 970M Radeon R9 M390
    Interface MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 970M has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M390.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 970M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M390 - with GCN.
    • GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon R9 M390 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 5−6
    4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
    low / 720p 60−65 35−40
    medium / 1080p 40−45 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon R9 M390.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 970M Radeon R9 M390
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name GM204 Pitcairn
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 October 2014 9 June 2015
    Pipelines 1280 1024
    Core clock speed 924 MHz
    Boost Clock 1038 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million 5000 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 83.04
    Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 120 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 1280
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 314 Mh/s 242 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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