NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac 256MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac 256MB
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1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
993MHz
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32 Shaders
256MB GDDR3
470MHz
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Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
INT8
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Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
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FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
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FP32
60 GFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
75W
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TDP
20W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
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GB5 Metal N/A
0%
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GB5 Metal N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
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Chip Designer
NVIDIA
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Chip Designer
NVIDIA
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Architecture
Maxwell 2
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Architecture
Tesla
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Family
GeForce 900
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Family
GeForce 8000
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Codename
NV124
GM204
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Codename
NV84
G84
Variant
NB8P
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Market Segment
Laptop
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Market Segment
Laptop
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Release Date
10/7/2014
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Release Date
5/1/2007
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Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
80nm
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Die Size
169 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
289 Million
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
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Form
Soldered
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Shading Units
32 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
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Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
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Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Render Output Units
8 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
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993MHz
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940MHz Shader
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470MHz
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Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
INT8
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Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
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FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
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FP32
60 GFLOPS
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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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INT32
0.06 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
47.664 GPixel/s
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Pixel Fillrate
3.76 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
79.44 GTexel/s
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Texture Fillrate
7.52 GTexel/s
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L1
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Unknown
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L2
1.5MB Shared
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L2
64KB Shared
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3GB
GDDR5
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256MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
192Bit
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Bus Width
128Bit
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Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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Clock
635MHz
Transfer Rate
1.3GT/s
Bandwidth
20.3GB/s
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TDP
75W
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TDP
20W
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No Ports
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No Ports
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Max Resolution
4096x2304
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Multi Monitor Support
3
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Multi Monitor Support
2
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Model
2x NVENC 3
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No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 1
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No Decoders
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Codec
MPEG-1
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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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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
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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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PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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