Radeon RX 560X Mobile vs GeForce 9700M GT

Place in the ranking	1233	432
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.83	11.49
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	G96	Polaris 21
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	29 July 2008 (16 years ago)	11 April 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	1024
Core clock speed	625 MHz	1275 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1202 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.00	81.60
Floating-point processing power	0.0992 TFLOPS	2.611 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	148	no data
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	16	64

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-B (3.0)

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	92.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	4.0	6.4
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9700M GT 0.52

RX 560X Mobile 10.45
+1910%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9700M GT 1750

RX 560X Mobile 19829
+1033%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

1−2

−3300%

34
+3300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −63.6%	18 +63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −667%	23 +667%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −36.4%	15 +36.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −500%	18 +500%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −750%	51 +750%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −840%	47 +840%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −81.8%	20−22 +81.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −400%	15 +400%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −250%	28 +250%
Fortnite	0−1	50
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −600%	42 +600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −1163%	101 +1163%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −460%	27−30 +460%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −560%	30−35 +560%
World of Tanks	16−18 −663%	122 +663%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −81.8%	20−22 +81.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −133%	7 +133%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −438%	40−45 +438%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −517%	37 +517%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −263%	29 +263%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	4−5 −1900%	80−85 +1900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
World of Tanks	1−2 −7600%	75−80 +7600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Valorant	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −40%	21−24 +40%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −40%	21−24 +40%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	1−2 −3100%	30−35 +3100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −40%	21−24 +40%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	10−11
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Dota 2	14−16 −40%	21−24 +40%
Valorant	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	35 +0%	35 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	35 +0%	35 +0%
Metro Exodus	39 +0%	39 +0%
Valorant	50 +0%	50 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	44 +0%	44 +0%
Dota 2	47 +0%	47 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	36 +0%	36 +0%
Metro Exodus	26 +0%	26 +0%
Valorant	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	31 +0%	31 +0%
Dota 2	66 +0%	66 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	21 +0%	21 +0%
Valorant	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Fortnite	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

This is how 9700M GT and RX 560X Mobile compete in popular games:

RX 560X Mobile is 3300% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in World of Tanks, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 560X Mobile is 7600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 560X Mobile is ahead in 32 tests (52%)
there's a draw in 30 tests (48%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.52	10.45
Recency	29 July 2008	11 April 2018
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt

9700M GT has 44.4% lower power consumption.

RX 560X Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1909.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 560X Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9700M GT in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.