GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 950M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 950M
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 950M
2663
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 950M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GM204
N16P-GT
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
March 2015
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
-
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
1124 MHz
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
914 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
640
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
1,439 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
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
44.96
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3 or GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
32 or 80 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
VGA аnalog display support
-
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
-
+
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
1.2
OpenGL
4.4
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
Ansel
-
+
BatteryBoost
-
+
GameStream
+
+
GameWorks
+
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
+
GPU Boost
2.0
2.0
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
-
+
Optimus
-
+