GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 680M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 680M
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 680M
3312
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 680M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
GM204
N13E-GTX
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
June 2012
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
None
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
758 MHz
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
720 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
1344
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
2,038 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
3,540 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
1344
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
100 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
80.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
115.2 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)
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
-
+