GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce GTX 870M

GeForce GTX 970M
GeForce GTX 870M
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
993MHz
1344 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
941MHz
FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
FP32
2.53 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
75W
TDP
110W
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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 800
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
3/12/2014
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
1344 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
24 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
7 SMs
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993MHz
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941MHz
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FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
FP32
2.53 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.11 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
47.664 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
22.584 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
79.44 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
105.392 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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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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TDP
75W
TDP
110W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
4096x2304
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
3
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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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