10-Core M5 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

10-Core M5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
1280 Shaders
Shared Memory
1740MHz
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
993MHz
Peak AI Performance
8.91 TFLOPS
FP8 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
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FP32
4.45 TFLOPS
FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
FP16
8.91 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
iGPU
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
Shared
TDP
75W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal 76,725
30%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
8.91 TFLOPS
FP8 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
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FP8
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8.91 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
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8.91 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
8.91 TFLOPS
4.45 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
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4.45 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP32
4.45 TFLOPS
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FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
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FP64
80 GFLOPS
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INT8
10.17 TOPS
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INT32
2.54 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
69.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
47.664 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
139.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
79.44 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Apple
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Apple Gen 8
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
M Series
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
G17G
M5
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Codename
NV124
GM204
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
10/15/2025
Release Date
10/7/2014
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
iGPU
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
40 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
10 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
10 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
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Execution Units
160 EUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
10 GPCs
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1740MHz
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993MHz
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L1
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
Unknown
L2
1.5MB Shared
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Shared Memory
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
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Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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TDP
Shared
TDP
75W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
Model
2x NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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ProRes
ProRes Raw
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
ProRes
ProRes Raw
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Change Comparison