GeForce GTX 970M and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 970M
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GM204
N17P-G1 Max-Q
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2014
May 2017
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
1341 - 1480 MHz
Core clock speed
924 MHz
1063 - 1265 MHz
CUDA cores
1280
-
Floating-point performance
2,657 gflops
3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
60 - 70 Watt
Texture fill rate
83.04
118.4
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
6.144 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
120 GB/s
192.2 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)
12.0
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
+
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-
VR Ready
-
+