NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
• Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 924 MHz
• Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 1038 MHz
• Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 5691
• Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 378
• Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.733 vs 59.428
• Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.888 vs 4.157
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 200.825 vs 81.909

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

• Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 83.04 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec
• Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
• Around 10% better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 2,413 gflops
• Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 120 Watt
• 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
• 357.1x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
• Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19001 vs 18734
• Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1113.788 vs 792.44
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 39.101 vs 35.338
• Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 7218
• Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 7218
• 2.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 472 vs 162

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	6111 5691
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	673 378
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	18734 19001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	73.733 59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	792.44 1113.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.888 4.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.338 39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	200.825 81.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7218 8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3335 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7218 8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3335 3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	162 472

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