GeForce GTX 970M and GeForce GTX 480 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 970M
5911
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce GTX 970M
GeForce GTX 480
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM204
GF100
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
December 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 & 8-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
-
Core clock speed
924 MHz
700 MHz
CUDA cores
1280
480
Floating-point performance
2,657 gflops
1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
480
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
295 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
83.04
42 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory bandwidth
120 GB/s
177.4 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
4.2
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
+
-