GeForce GTX 970M and GeForce 8600M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce 8600M GT
GeForce GTX 970M
5911
GeForce 8600M GT
92
GeForce GTX 970M
GeForce 8600M GT
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
GM204
G84M
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2014
June 2007
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
-
Core clock speed
924 MHz
475 MHz
CUDA cores
1280
-
Floating-point performance
2,657 gflops
60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
32
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
83.04
7.600
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
120 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.3
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-