GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU, 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 Instinct MI25 MxGPU, check out specs charts below.
Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU

GeForce GTX 970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 970M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 970M Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU has 10 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 970M.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is used in Laptops, and Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU - with GCN 5.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU is 476 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 970M.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 796 MHz higher, than Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 50−55
ultra / 1080p 21−24 35−40
QHD / 1440p 16−18 27−30
4K / 2160p 10−11 16−18
low / 720p 60−65 80−85
medium / 1080p 40−45 60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 43% more, than GeForce GTX 970M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 970M Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU
Architecture Maxwell GCN 5.0
Code name GM204 Vega 10
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 October 2014 27 June 2017
Pipelines 1280 4096
Core clock speed 924 MHz 1400 MHz
Boost Clock 1038 MHz 1500 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 83.04 384.0
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 1704 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120 GB/s 436.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.1.125
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1280
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 314 Mh/s
Laptop size large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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