GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce 8800M GTS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce 8800M GTS
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce 8800M GTS
393
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce 8800M GTS
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
GM204
NB8E-GT
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
November 2007
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-HE
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
-
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
64
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
64
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
16.00
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
51.2 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
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
3.3
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-