Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000) vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000) |
| 133 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 970 . |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000) | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Mullins () | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 700 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000) | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000) | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 27 Feb 2015 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better