GeForce GTX 960 and GeForce GTX 970M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GTX 970M
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GTX 970M
5911
GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 970M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GM206
GM204
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2015
October 2014
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
None
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
1038 MHz
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
924 MHz
CUDA cores
1024
1280
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
2,657 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
5,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
unknown
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
83.04
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
120 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
VGA аnalog display support
-
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
+
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
Ansel
-
+
BatteryBoost
-
+
GameStream
+
+
GameWorks
+
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
+
GPU Boost
2.0
2.0
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
-
+
Optimus
-
+