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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M graphics card review. Benchmark and Specs

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M graphics card (also called GPU) comes in 182 in the performance rating. It is a good result. The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M runs with the minimal clock speed 924 MHz. It is featured by the acceleration option and able to run up to 1038 MHz. The manufacturer has equipped NVIDIA with GB of 6 GB memory, clock speed 2500 MHz and bandwidth 120 GB/s.

The power consumption of the graphics card is , and the fabrication process is only 28 nm. Below you will find the main data on the compatibility, sizes, technologies and gaming performance test results. Also you can read and leave the comments.

Let's take a closer look at the most important specifications of the graphics card. To have a good idea what a graphics card is the best, we recommend to use comparison service.

4.3 Out of 44 Hitesti score

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General info

The basic set of information will help you find out the graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M release date and its purpose (laptops or PCs), as well as the price at the time of the release and the average current price. This data also includes the architecture employed by the producer, and the chip’s codename.

Place in performance rating:		229
Value for money (0-100):		30.41
Architecture:		Maxwell
Code name:		GM204
Type:		Laptop
Release date:		7 October 2014 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP):		$2,560.89
Price now:		$848 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money:		4.32
GPU code name:		GM204
Market segment:		Laptop

Technical specs

This is the important information that defines the graphics card’s capacity. The simpler the device production process, the better. The core’s power frequency is responsible for its speed (direct correlation) while the elaboration of signals is performed by the transistors (the more transistors, the faster the computations are carried out).

Pipelines:		1280
Core clock speed:		924 MHz
Boost Clock:		1038 MHz
Transistor count:		5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology:		28 nm
Texture fill rate:		83.04
Floating-point performance:		2,657 gflops
CUDA cores:		1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores:		1280
Boost clock speed:		1038 MHz
Number of transistors:		5,200 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Today there are numerous form factors for PC cases, so it is extremely important to know the length of the graphics card and the types of its connection. This will help facilitate the upgrade process.

Interface:		MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors:		None
Laptop size:		large
SLI options:		+
Bus support:		PCI Express 3.0

Memory

The internal main memory is used for storing data while conducting computations. Contemporary games and professional graphic apps have high requirements for the memory’s volume and capacity. The higher this parameter, the more powerful and fast the graphics card is. Type of memory, the capacity and bandwidth for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M.

Memory type:		GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount:		6 GB
Memory bus width:		192 Bit
Memory clock speed:		2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth:		120 GB/s
Shared memory:		-

Video outputs and ports

As a rule, all contemporary graphics cards feature several connection types and additional ports. Knowing these peculiarities is crucial for avoiding problems with connecting the graphics card to the monitor or other peripheral devices.

Display Connectors:		No outputs
G-SYNC support:		+
HDMI:		+
VGA аnalog display support:		+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support:		+

Technologies

Each graphic card manufacturer complements its products with branded technologies that are used both in games and in the working process. Below is the list of peculiar features that you may find rather useful.

GPU Boost:		2.0
CUDA:		+
GeForce Experience:		+
Optimus:		+
Ansel:		+
GameStream:		+
GeForce ShadowPlay:		+
GameWorks:		+
BatteryBoost:		+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder:		+
DSR:		+

API support

All API-supported NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M are listed below.

DirectX:		12 (12_1)
OpenGL:		4.5
Vulkan:		1.1.126
Shader Model:		6.4
OpenCL:		1.1

Overall gaming performance

All tests have been based on FPS counter. Let’s have a look on what place NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M has been taken in the gaming performance test (calculation has been made in accordance with the game developer recommendations about system requirements; it can differ from the real world situations).

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5	Stutter – The performance of this graphics cards with this game is not well explored yet. According to interpolated information obtained from graphics cards of similar efficiency levels, the game is likely to stutter and show low frame rates.
	May Stutter – The performance of this graphics cards with this game is not well explored yet. According to interpolated information obtained from graphics cards of similar efficiency levels, the game is likely to stutter and show low frame rates.
30	Fluent – According to all known benchmarks with the specified graphical settings, this game is expected to run at 25fps or more
40	Fluent – According to all known benchmarks with the specified graphical settings, this game is expected to run at 35fps or more
60	Fluent – According to all known benchmarks with the specified graphical settings, this game is expected to run at 58fps or more
	May Run Fluently – The performance of this graphics cards with this game is not well explored yet. According to interpolated information obtained from graphics cards of similar efficiency levels, the game is likely to show fluent frame rates.
?	Uncertain – The testing of this graphics cards on this game showed unexpected results. A slower card might be able to produce higher and more consistent frame rates when running the same benchmark scene.
	Uncertain – The performance of this graphics cards with this game is not well explored yet. No reliable data interpolation can be made based on the performance of similar cards of the same category.
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AMD equivalent

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Benchmark

Benchmarks help determine the performance in standard tests for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M. We have listed the world’s most famous benchmarks so that you could obtain accurate results in each (see the description). Graphics card preliminary testing is especially important in the presence of high loads so that the user could see to what extent the graphic processing unit copes with computations and data elaboration.

Overall benchmark performance

NVIDIA Quadro T2000 Max-Q

25.96%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

25.93%