GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTX 970M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 970M
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
GeForce GTX 970M
5911
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 970M
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GP106
GM204
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
August 2016
October 2014
Bus support
-
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1038 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
924 MHz
CUDA cores
-
1280
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
2,657 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
5,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
unknown
Texture fill rate
123.0
83.04
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
120 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
VGA аnalog display support
-
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
G-SYNC support
-
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
Ansel
-
+
BatteryBoost
-
+
GameStream
-
+
GameWorks
-
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+
GPU Boost
-
2.0
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
-
+
Optimus
-
+