NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Laptop
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
993MHz
1280 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1670MHz
Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
INT8
Peak AI Performance
17.1 TOPS
INT8
FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
FP32
4.28 TFLOPS
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FP16
70 GFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
75W
TDP
80W
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal 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
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Architecture
Pascal
Family
GeForce 900
Family
GeForce 10
Codename
NV124
GM204
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Codename
NV136
GP106
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
10/7/2014
Release Date
8/16/2016
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
16FF
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
4.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Transistor Density
22.00M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
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
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
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993MHz
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1404MHz Base
1670MHz
Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
INT8
Peak AI Performance
17.1 TOPS
INT8
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FP16
70 GFLOPS
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FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
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FP32
4.28 TFLOPS
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FP64
80 GFLOPS
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FP64
130 GFLOPS
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INT8
10.17 TOPS
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INT8
17.1 TOPS
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INT32
2.54 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
47.664 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
80.16 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
79.44 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
133.6 GTexel/s
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
1.5MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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3GB
GDDR5
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6GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
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TDP
75W
TDP
80W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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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
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Model
2x NVENC 3
Model
NVENC 4
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 1
Model
NVDEC 3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
6.1
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PureVideo HD
VP8
VDPAU
Feature Set H
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
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Change Comparison