NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 823 MHz
Around 58% higher texture fill rate: 83.04 GTexel / s vs 52.7 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
2.1x better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 170 Watt
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 3362
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 3362

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 October 2014 vs 8 March 2011
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 823 MHz
Texture fill rate	83.04 GTexel / s vs 52.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,657 gflops vs 1,263.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8546 vs 3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8546 vs 3362

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM

Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6895 vs 3699
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6895 vs 3699

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6895 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6895 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 3342

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8546

3362

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3699

6895

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

3352

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8546

3362

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3699

6895

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

3352

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	5691
PassMark - G2D Mark	378
Geekbench - OpenCL	19001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1113.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	81.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8546	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699	6895
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8546	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699	6895
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	472

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GM204	GF114
Launch date	7 October 2014	8 March 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89
Place in performance rating	568	470
Price now	$1,899
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.99
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	924 MHz	823 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	2,657 gflops	1,263.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	384
Texture fill rate	83.04 GTexel / s	52.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	120 GB / s	128.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	4008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI