GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
CORE STATE
GK104
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1019 MHz
TDP
300 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Kepler
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2012
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce GTX 970M
CORE STATE
GM204
VRAM
6 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1038 MHz
TDP
—
BUS WIDTH
192 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2014
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
passmark_directx_10
passmark_directx_11
passmark_directx_12
passmark_directx_9
passmark_g2d
passmark_g3d
passmark_gpu_compute
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 690
GTX 970M
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,536
1,280
-16.7%
Shaders
1,536
1,280
-16.7%
TMUs
128
80
-37.5%
ROPs
32
48
+50.0%
Clocks
Base Clock
915 MHz
924 MHz
Boost Clock
1019 MHz
1038 MHz
Memory Clock
1502 MHz
6 Gbps effective
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
6 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
6,144
+200.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
192 bit
Bandwidth
192.3 GB/s
120.3 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
16 KB (per SMX)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
512 KB
1536 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
32.61 GPixel/s
49.82 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
130.4 GTexel/s
83.04 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
3.130 TFLOPS
2.657 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
130.4 GFLOPS (1:24)
83.04 GFLOPS (1:32)
Power
TDP
300 W
—
TDP (W)
300
—
Suggested PSU
700 W
—
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
None
Architecture
Architecture
Kepler
Maxwell 2.0
GPU Name
GK104
GM204
Generation
GeForce 600
GeForce 900M
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
Transistors
3,540 million
5,200 million
Die Size
294 mm²
398 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
12.0M / mm²
13.1M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.2.175
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
3.0
5.2
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
MXM Module
Length
279 mm
11 inches
—
Height
111 mm
4.4 inches
—
Outputs
3x DVI1x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Portable Device Dependent
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Other
Launch Price
999 USD
—
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 500
GeForce 800M
Successor
GeForce 700
GeForce 10 Mobile