GeForce GTX 970M and GeForce 9600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce GTX 970M
5911
GeForce 9600 GT
502
GeForce GTX 970M
GeForce 9600 GT
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GM204
G94
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
February 2008
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
-
Core clock speed
924 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
1280
64
Floating-point performance
2,657 gflops
208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
64
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
96 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
83.04
20.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
120 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
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
+
-