NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs Apple 8-Core M4 Full Specs
1,280 Shaders 993MHz | 1,024 Shaders 1.58GHz |
3GB GDDR5120GB/s placeholder | Shared Memory120GB/sLPDDR5X |
·· 2.54 TFLOPS | ·· 3.23 TFLOPS |
Form Factor Soldered | Form Factor iGPU |
TDP 75W | TDP Shared |
Clock Speed ·· | Clock Speed ·· |
Peak OPS 2.54 TFLOPSFP32 | Peak OPS 3.23 TFLOPSFP16 |
FP32 2.54 TFLOPS | FP32 3.23 TFLOPS |
FP64 79.44 GFLOPS | - |
Pixel Rate 47.7 GPixel/s | Pixel Rate 50.5 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate 79.4 GTexel/s | Texture Rate 101 GTexel/s |
Shaders 1,280 Shaders | Shaders 1,024 Shaders |
TMUs 80 TMUs | TMUs 64 TMUs |
ROPs 48 ROPs | ROPs 32 ROPs |
RT Cores - | RT Cores 8 RT-Cores |
SMs 10 SMs | EUs 128 EUs |
Boost Clock 993MHz | Boost Clock 1.58GHz |
L2 Cache 1.5MB shared | L2 Cache 2MB shared |
3GB GDDR5 placeholder | Shared MemoryLPDDR5X |
Memory Bus 192-bit | Memory Bus 128-bit |
Memory Speed 5GT/s | Memory Speed 7.5GT/s |
Memory Bandwidth 120GB/s | Memory Bandwidth 120GB/s |
TDP 75W | TDP Shared |
Multi-Monitor 3 | Multi-Monitor 2 |
Encoder Model 2x NVENC 3 | Encoder Model Apple Media Engine 3 |
Decoder Model NVDEC 1 | Decoder Model Apple Media Engine 3 |
Form Factor Soldered | Form Factor iGPU |
Manufacturer | Manufacturer |
Chip Designer | Chip Designer |
Architecture | Architecture |
Family | Family |
Branding ![]() | Branding ![]() |
Codename NV124 | Codename G16G |
Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Laptop |
Release Date Oct 7, 2014 | Release Date Oct 28, 2024 |
Foundry TSMC | Foundry TSMC |
Fabrication Node 28nm | Fabrication Node N3E |
Die Size 398mm² | Die Size 169mm² |
Transistor Count 5.2 Billion | Transistor Count 28 Billion |
Transistor Density 13.07 MTr/mm² | Transistor Density 165 MTr/mm² |
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CPUs - | CPUs |
Laptops | Laptops - |
All-in-Ones - | All-in-Ones |



