GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce 610M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce 610M
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce 610M
300
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce 610M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM204
N13M-GE
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
December 2011
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
-
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
900 MHz
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
672 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
48
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
129.02 gflops
Video decoders
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
292 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
48
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
12 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
Up to 7.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
Up to 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Up to 2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
Optimus
-
+