NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 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 970M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1152
  • Around 12% better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 2,378 gflops
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5699 vs 4799
  • Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19029 vs 14283
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 59.428 vs 37.505
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1113.788 vs 864.402
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.157 vs 3.09
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 6927
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 6927
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 October 2014 vs 25 June 2013
Boost clock speed 1038 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Pipelines 1280 vs 1152
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops vs 2,378 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 81 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5699 vs 4799
Geekbench - OpenCL 19029 vs 14283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 59.428 vs 37.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1113.788 vs 864.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.157 vs 3.09
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8546 vs 6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8546 vs 6927

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 924 MHz
  • Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 94.1 billion / sec vs 83.04 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 530 vs 380
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 40.457 vs 39.101
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 84.186 vs 81.909
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3699
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3699
  • 5.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1659 vs 303
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 924 MHz
Texture fill rate 94.1 billion / sec vs 83.04 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 530 vs 380
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 40.457 vs 39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.186 vs 81.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1659 vs 303

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5699
4799
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
380
530
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
19029
14283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
59.428
37.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1113.788
864.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.157
3.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.101
40.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
81.909
84.186
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8546
6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3699
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8546
6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3699
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
303
1659
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
PassMark - G3D Mark 5699 4799
PassMark - G2D Mark 380 530
Geekbench - OpenCL 19029 14283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 59.428 37.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1113.788 864.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.157 3.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.101 40.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 81.909 84.186
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8546 6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8546 6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 303 1659

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Kepler
Code name GM204 GK104
Launch date 7 October 2014 25 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $2,560.89 $249
Place in performance rating 584 587
Price now $1,899 $249.99
Type Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 3.99 23.69

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz 1033 MHz
Core clock speed 924 MHz 980 MHz
CUDA cores 1280 1152
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops 2,378 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1152
Texture fill rate 83.04 GTexel / s 94.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 81 Watt 170 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 3,540 million
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 1
Supplementary power connectors None Two 6-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Minimum recommended system power 500 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 120 GB / s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
FXAA
PhysX
TXAA