GeForce GTX 970M SLI and GeForce 9700M GT - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 970M SLI
GeForce 9700M GT
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
-
NB9E-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2014
June 2008
Interface
-
MXM-II
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
-
Core clock speed
924 MHz
625 MHz
CUDA cores
-
32
Floating-point performance
-
99.2 gflops
Gigaflops
-
148
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
32
Power consumption (TDP)
162 Watt
45 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
10.00
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2x 6 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
2x 192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
25.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
No outputs
DirectX
12_1
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
-
1.1
OpenGL
-
3.3
Shader Model
-
4.0
Vulkan
-
N/A
Optimus
+
-