GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon Pro W5500M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon Pro W5500M. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon Pro W5500M. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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 Pro W5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro W5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 970M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro W5500M.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro W5500M - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro W5500M - with RDNA 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro W5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro W5500M is 9500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 970M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 8−9
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−33
medium / 1080p 40−45 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon Pro W5500M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 970M Radeon Pro W5500M
Architecture Maxwell RDNA 1.0
Code name GM204 Navi 14
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 October 2014 10 February 2020
Pipelines 1280 1408
Core clock speed 924 MHz
Boost Clock 1038 MHz 1450 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 83.04 127.6
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.5
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
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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