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
GRID M60-1Q
CORE STATE
GM204
VRAM
1024 MB
CLOCK SPEED
1178 MHz
TDP
225 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2015
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
GRID M60-1Q
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,280
2,048
+60.0%
Shaders
1,280
2,048
+60.0%
TMUs
80
128
+60.0%
ROPs
48
64
+33.3%
Clocks
Base Clock
924 MHz
557 MHz
Boost Clock
1038 MHz
1178 MHz
Memory Clock
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
6 GB
1024 MB
VRAM (MB)
6,144
1,024
-83.3%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
192 bit
256 bit
Bandwidth
120.3 GB/s
160.4 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
1536 KB
2 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
49.82 GPixel/s
75.39 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
83.04 GTexel/s
150.8 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
2.657 TFLOPS
4.825 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
83.04 GFLOPS (1:32)
150.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Power
TDP
—
225 W
TDP (W)
—
225
Suggested PSU
—
550 W
Power Connectors
None
1x 8-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Maxwell 2.0
GPU Name
GM204
GM204
Generation
GeForce 900M
GRID
(Mx)
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
Transistors
5,200 million
5,200 million
Die Size
398 mm²
398 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
13.1M / mm²
13.1M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
5.2
5.2
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
MXM Module
Dual-slot
Length
—
267 mm
10.5 inches
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
No outputs
Bus Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 800M
—
Successor
GeForce 10 Mobile
—