NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 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 6 month(s) later
- Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 967 MHz
- Around 2% better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 2,599 gflops
- Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 100 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB
- Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5691 vs 3496
- Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 378 vs 279
- Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19001 vs 12758
- Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 59.428 vs 34.836
- Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1113.788 vs 960.114
- Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.157 vs 3.038
- Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 6350
- Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 6350
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 vs 12 March 2014 |
| Boost clock speed | 1038 MHz vs 967 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,657 gflops vs 2,599 gflops |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 81 Watt vs 100 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 3 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5691 vs 3496 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 378 vs 279 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 19001 vs 12758 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 59.428 vs 34.836 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1113.788 vs 960.114 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.157 vs 3.038 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.909 vs 81.753 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8546 vs 6350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8546 vs 6350 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
- Around 2% higher core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 924 MHz
- Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 83.04 GTexel / s
- Around 5% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 1280
- Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 59.57 vs 39.101
- 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
- 2.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1336 vs 472
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 941 MHz vs 924 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 108.3 GTexel / s vs 83.04 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1344 vs 1280 |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 59.57 vs 39.101 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 vs 3699 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 vs 3342 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 vs 3699 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 vs 3342 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1336 vs 472 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5691 | 3496 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 378 | 279 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 19001 | 12758 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 59.428 | 34.836 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1113.788 | 960.114 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.157 | 3.038 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.101 | 59.57 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.909 | 81.753 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8546 | 6350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3699 | 3718 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 | 3353 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8546 | 6350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3699 | 3718 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 | 3353 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 472 | 1336 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | GM204 | GK104 |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 | 12 March 2014 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,560.89 | |
| Place in performance rating | 568 | 691 |
| Price now | $1,899 | |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 3.99 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1038 MHz | 967 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 924 MHz | 941 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1280 | 1344 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,657 gflops | 2,599 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 1344 |
| Texture fill rate | 83.04 GTexel / s | 108.3 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 81 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 3,540 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | Up to 3840x2160 |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| HDMI | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | Up to 2048x1536 |
| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| HDCP content protection | ||
| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | large | large |
| SLI options | 1 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 120 GB / s | 120.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
Technologies |
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| BatteryBoost | ||
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| DSR | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GameWorks | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
| 3D Blu-Ray | ||
| Direct Compute | ||
| FXAA | ||
| TXAA | ||
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