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    GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon R6 Kaveri

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon R6 Kaveri. 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 R6 Kaveri. 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.
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    GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon R6 Kaveri are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 R6 Kaveri here:

    GeForce GTX 970M Laptops
    Radeon R6 Kaveri Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 970M Radeon R6 Kaveri
    Interface MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 970M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 391 MHz higher, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
    • GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon R6 Kaveri are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 −
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 1−2
    medium / 1080p 40−45 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 970M Radeon R6 Kaveri
    Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.1
    Code name GM204 Kaveri
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 October 2014 4 June 2014
    Pipelines 1280 384
    Core clock speed 924 MHz 533 MHz
    Boost Clock 1038 MHz 654 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million 2410 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 83.04
    Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops
    Memory bus width 192 Bit 64/128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 120 GB/s
    Shared memory - +
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 6.4
    OpenGL 4.5
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 1280
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 314 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
    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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