GeForce GTX 970M SLI and G72 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 970M SLI
G72
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
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G72
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
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SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
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Core clock speed
924 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
112 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
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Power consumption (TDP)
162 Watt
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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2x 6 GB
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Memory bus width
2x 192 Bit
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Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
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Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
12_1
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
-
N/A
OpenGL
-
2.1
Shader Model
-
3.0
Vulkan
-
N/A
Optimus
+
-
PureVideo HD
-
VP1