GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce GTX 680MX Mac

GeForce GTX 970M
GeForce GTX 680MX Mac
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
993MHz
1536 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
719MHz
FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
FP32
2.21 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
75W
TDP
122W
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Architecture
Kepler
Family
GeForce 900
Family
GeForce 600
Codename
NV124
GM204
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Codename
NVE4
GK104
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
10/7/2014
Release Date
10/23/2012
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Die Size
294 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
3.5 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.04M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Shading Units
1536 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
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993MHz
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719MHz
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FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
FP32
2.21 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.09 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
47.664 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
23.008 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
79.44 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
92.032 GTexel/s
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L1
48KB/SM Tex
16KB/SM
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L2
1.5MB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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3GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
160GB/s
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TDP
75W
TDP
122W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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
2
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Model
NVENC 3
Model
NVENC 1
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
NVDEC 1
Model
NVDEC 1
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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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Shader Model
6.5
CUDA
3.0
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PureVideo HD
VP5
VDPAU
Feature Set D
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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