GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 670MX - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 670MX
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 670MX
2005
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 670MX
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
GM204
N13E-GR
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
October 2012
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
-
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
960
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
1,154 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
3,540 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
960
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
48.0 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
67.2 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
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
1.1.126
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
Optimus
-
+