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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Graphics Processor
GM204
Cores
1280
TMUs
80
ROPs
48
Memory Size
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
192 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
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The GeForce GTX 970M was a mobile graphics chip by NVIDIA, launched on October 7th, 2014. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the GM204 graphics processor, in its N16E-GT-A2 variant, the chip supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on GeForce GTX 970M. The GM204 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 398 mm² and 5,200 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked GeForce GTX 980, which uses the same GPU but has all 2048 shaders enabled, NVIDIA has disabled some shading units on the GeForce GTX 970M to reach the product's target shader count. It features 1280 shading units, 80 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 3,072 MB GDDR5 memory with the GeForce GTX 970M, which are connected using a 192-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 924 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1038 MHz, memory is running at 1253 MHz (5 Gbps effective).
Being a mxm module card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is not exactly known. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GM204
GPU Variant
N16E-GT-A2
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
5,200 million
Density
13.1M / mm²
Die Size
398 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-1745

Mobile Graphics

Release Date
Oct 7th, 2014
Generation
GeForce 900M
Predecessor
GeForce 800M
Successor
GeForce 10 Mobile
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
Reviews
1 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
3%
GeForce 9400 GT
4%
Radeon HD 4550
5%
Radeon HD 5450
6%
Radeon HD 6450
8%
GeForce GT 520
8%
GeForce GT 220
10%
GeForce GT 430
13%
Radeon HD 5570
13%
Radeon HD 4670
14%
GeForce GT 440
15%
GeForce GT 240
15%
GeForce 9600 GT
18%
Radeon HD 5670
19%
GeForce GT 640
20%
GeForce 9800 GT
21%
Radeon HD 6670
22%
Radeon HD 4830
22%
Radeon HD 4770
24%
Radeon HD 4850
25%
GeForce GTS 250
26%
GeForce GTS 450
26%
Radeon HD 5750
27%
Radeon HD 7750
31%
Radeon HD 5770
31%
GeForce GTX 260
32%
Radeon HD 4870
32%
Radeon Vega 8
32%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
33%
GeForce GTX 650
33%
Radeon HD 5830
35%
Radeon HD 6790
37%
Radeon HD 4890
37%
GeForce GTX 460
39%
Radeon RX Vega 11
39%
GeForce GT 1030
40%
GeForce GTX 275
40%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
40%
GeForce GTX 280
40%
GeForce GTX 465
41%
Radeon HD 6850
43%
GeForce GTX 285
44%
Radeon HD 5850
47%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
48%
Radeon HD 7790
48%
Radeon RX 550
50%
GeForce GTX 470
50%
Radeon HD 6870
52%
Radeon HD 5870
55%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
57%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
57%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
58%
Radeon HD 6950
58%
GeForce GTX 295
60%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
61%
Radeon HD 7850
62%
GeForce GTX 480
63%
Radeon HD 6970
66%
Radeon R7 265
67%
Radeon RX 460
68%
Radeon R7 370
68%
GeForce GTX 660
68%
GeForce GTX 570
68%
Radeon RX 560
70%
GeForce GTX 950
74%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
75%
Radeon R9 270X
76%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
77%
GeForce GTX 580
78%
GeForce GTX 1050
78%
Radeon HD 7950
78%
GeForce GTX 1630
80%
Radeon HD 5970
80%
GeForce GTX 760
82%
GeForce GTX 670
88%
GeForce GTX 960
91%
Radeon R9 380
93%
Radeon R9 285
94%
Radeon HD 7970
95%
GeForce GTX 680
96%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
98%
GeForce GTX 970M
100%
GeForce GTX 770
100%
Radeon HD 6990
103%
Radeon R9 280X
105%
GeForce GTX 590
107%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
107%
GeForce GTX 780
118%
Arc A380
118%
Radeon RX 6400
120%
GeForce GTX 1650
122%
Radeon RX 470
130%
Radeon R9 290
132%
Radeon RX 570
139%
Radeon R9 390
141%
Radeon R9 290X
141%
GeForce GTX 970
143%
GeForce GTX TITAN
145%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
147%
Radeon R9 390X
149%
Radeon HD 7990
150%
Radeon RX 480
151%
GeForce GTX 690
152%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
156%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
158%
Radeon RX 580
160%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
161%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
163%
GeForce GTX 980
163%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
165%
Radeon R9 FURY
166%
Radeon RX 590
173%
Radeon R9 295X2
182%
GeForce GTX 1660
183%
Radeon R9 FURY X
185%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
188%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
193%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
199%
GeForce GTX 1070
210%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
210%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
214%
Radeon RX Vega 56
224%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
237%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
241%
Radeon RX Vega 64
244%
GeForce GTX 1080
247%
GeForce RTX 2060
247%
Radeon RX 5700
258%
Arc A580
258%
Radeon RX 6600
269%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
278%
GeForce RTX 2070
282%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
282%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
287%
Arc A750
297%
Radeon VII
298%
TITAN X Pascal
306%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
309%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
315%
Arc A770
318%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
319%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
335%
Radeon RX 7600
339%
GeForce RTX 4060
340%
GeForce RTX 2080
343%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
350%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
359%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
368%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
381%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
404%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
409%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
412%
GeForce RTX 3070
431%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
461%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
466%
Radeon RX 6800
475%
GeForce RTX 4070
527%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
540%
GeForce RTX 3080
560%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
566%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
582%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
611%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
622%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
628%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
628%
GeForce RTX 3090
639%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
656%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
716%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
735%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
742%
GeForce RTX 4080
833%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
845%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
853%
GeForce RTX 4090
1046%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
924 MHz
Boost Clock
1038 MHz
Memory Clock
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
192 bit
Bandwidth
120.3 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
1280
TMUs
80
ROPs
48
SMM Count
10
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
1536 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
49.82 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
83.04 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
2.657 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
83.04 GFLOPS (1:32)

Board Design

Slot Width
MXM Module
TDP
unknown
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
P2754 SKU 2,
P2754 SKU 5

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
CUDA
5.2
Shader Model
6.8

GM204 GPU Notes

NVENC: 5th Gen
NVDEC: 1st Gen
PureVideo HD: VP6
VDPAU: Feature Set E

Latest Drivers:
Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 365.19
Quadro Release R346 U7 (348.40) / R352 BETA (352.86)

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 (x32 / x64):
GeForce Release 391.35 / 474.89
Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / R440 U4 (441.66)
Data Center Release 427.11

Windows 10 / 11 (x32 / x64):
GeForce Release 391.35 / Latest
Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / Latest
Data Center Release: Latest
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