GeForce GTX 970M and GeForce GTX 460 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce GTX 460
GeForce GTX 970M
5911
GeForce GTX 460
2330
GeForce GTX 970M
GeForce GTX 460
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM204
GF104
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
July 2010
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 & 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
-
Core clock speed
924 MHz
675 MHz
CUDA cores
1280
-
Floating-point performance
2,657 gflops
907.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
1,950 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
336
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
160 Watt
Texture fill rate
83.04
37.80
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
120 GB/s
86.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.1
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-