GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA 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
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce RTX 5050
CORE STATE
GB207
VRAM
8 GB
CLOCK SPEED
2572 MHz
TDP
130 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Blackwell 2.0
PROCESS
5 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2025
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
passmark_directx_10
passmark_directx_11
passmark_directx_12
passmark_directx_9
passmark_g2d
passmark_g3d
passmark_gpu_compute
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 970M
RTX 5050
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,280
2,560
+100.0%
Shaders
1,280
2,560
+100.0%
TMUs
80
80
0.0%
ROPs
48
32
-33.3%
SM Count
—
20
Clocks
Base Clock
924 MHz
2317 MHz
Boost Clock
1038 MHz
2572 MHz
Memory Clock
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
2500 MHz
20 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
6 GB
8 GB
VRAM (MB)
6,144
8,192
+33.3%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
192 bit
128 bit
Bandwidth
120.3 GB/s
320.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1536 KB
24 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
49.82 GPixel/s
82.30 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
83.04 GTexel/s
205.8 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.657 TFLOPS
13.17 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
83.04 GFLOPS (1:32)
205.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
13.17 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
—
20
Tensor Cores
—
80
Power
TDP
—
130 W
TDP (W)
—
130
Suggested PSU
—
300 W
Power Connectors
None
1x 8-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Blackwell 2.0
GPU Name
GM204
GB207
Generation
GeForce 900M
GeForce 50
Process Size
28 nm
5 nm
Transistors
5,200 million
16,900 million
Die Size
398 mm²
149 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
13.1M / mm²
113.4M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
5.2
12.0
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
MXM Module
Dual-slot
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
1x HDMI 2.1b3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Bus Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 5.0 x8
Other
Launch Price
—
249 USD
Production
End-of-life
Active
Predecessor
GeForce 800M
GeForce 40
Successor
GeForce 10 Mobile
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