GeForce GTX 970M SLI and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 970M SLI
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
-
N17P-G1 Max-Q
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2014
May 2017
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
1341 - 1480 MHz
Core clock speed
924 MHz
1063 - 1265 MHz
Floating-point performance
-
3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
162 Watt
60 - 70 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
118.4
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2x 6 GB
6.144 MB
Memory bus width
2x 192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
No outputs
G-SYNC support
-
+
DirectX
12_1
12.0
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
-
1.2
OpenGL
-
4.5
Shader Model
-
5.0
Vulkan
-
+
Optimus
+
-
VR Ready
-
+