GeForce GTX 970M SLI and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 970M SLI
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
-
GP104
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
October 2018
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
1709 MHz
Core clock speed
924 MHz
1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
7,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
162 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
136.7
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount
2x 6 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
2x 192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12_1
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
-
1.2
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.4
Vulkan
-
1.2.131
Optimus
+
-