GeForce GTX 970M and GeForce GTX 860M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce GTX 860M
GeForce GTX 970M
5911
GeForce GTX 860M
3127
GeForce GTX 970M
GeForce GTX 860M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GM204
N15P-GX
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2014
March 2014
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
915 MHz
Core clock speed
924 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
1280
1152 or 640
Floating-point performance
2,657 gflops
1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
1,870 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
640
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
83.04
43.40
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
Up to 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
120 GB/s
80.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
-
GDDR5
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support
-
Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support
-
Up to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display support
+
Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
-
+
HDMI
+
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
-
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
Ansel
+
+
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
+
Optimus
+
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
-
+