GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 670M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 670M
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 670M
1788
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 670M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM204
N13E-GS1-LP
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
March 2012
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
-
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
598 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
336
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
803.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
1,950 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
336
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
33.5 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
72.0 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
-
+