GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 850M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 850M
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 850M
2591
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 850M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GM204
N15P-GT
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
March 2014
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
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
Up to 936 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
640
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
1,155 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
1,870 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
640
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
45 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
36.08
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
Up to 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
80.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
-
DDR3 or GDDR5
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support
-
Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support
-
Up to 1920x1200
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
VGA аnalog display support
-
Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
-
Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
-
+
HDMI
+
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
-
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
Ansel
-
+
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
-
+
Optimus
-
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
-
+