NVIDIA GeForce MX350 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX350 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce MX350

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX350

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1468 MHz vs 1178 MHz
431x more texture fill rate: 46.98 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
7.4x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 148 Watt
250.3x more memory clock speed: 1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
3.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1247 vs 369

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 19 September 2014
Core clock speed	1354 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	46.98 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 148 Watt
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1247 vs 369

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

2.6x more pipelines: 1664 vs 640
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9640 vs 2807
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 235
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28498 vs 13562
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 4655
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 4655

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1664 vs 640
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9640 vs 2807
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 235
Geekbench - OpenCL	28498 vs 13562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499 vs 4655
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499 vs 4655

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX350
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2807

9640

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

235

766

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

13562

28498

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4655

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4655

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3340

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1247

369

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX350	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G3D Mark	2807	9640
PassMark - G2D Mark	235	766
Geekbench - OpenCL	13562	28498
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4655	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4655	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1247	369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		490.688

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX350	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GP107	GM204
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	654	371
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	58.72 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	29.36 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1.879 TFLOPS
Pipelines	640	1664
Pixel fill rate	23.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	46.98 GTexel/s	109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	148 Watt
Transistor count	3300 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1664
Floating-point performance		3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pins
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		4x
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.06 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective)	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.4
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround