NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M Benchmark and Specs

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M GPU benchmark, specs and release date - 3 GB NVIDIA Graphics card rating. How good is the GeForce GTX 970M for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

1,446

Average score from 2 samples
High uncertainty

Performance

Average

Ranking

238th of 586

Popularity

238th of 586

Samples

2 benchmarks

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GPU Comparison

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more GPUs with our GPU Comparison Tool.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650	2,244 points
AMD Radeon RX 5500M	1,993 points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti	1,456 points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	1,446 points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	1,261 points
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050	1,159 points
NVIDIA GeForce GT 710	102 points

GPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this graphics card in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks. All tests were performed at 1920 x 1080 resolution.

Flux Core

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

63 FPS average

44 FPS 10% low

41 FPS 1% low

Electron

Randomly generated noise sphere test

46 FPS average

44 FPS 10% low

43 FPS 1% low

City

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

40 FPS average

32 FPS 10% low

26 FPS 1% low

Clouds

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

37 FPS average

36 FPS 10% low

29 FPS 1% low

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

3DMark Graphics

High-end graphics benchmark

2,280

Blender

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206

Geekbench 5 (CUDA)

CUDA compute benchmark

18,285

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL)

OpenCL compute benchmark

20,012

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan)

Vulkan compute benchmark

21,753

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL)

OpenCL compute benchmark

19,440

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan)

Vulkan compute benchmark

19,602

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Specifications

Core Clock	924 MHz
Boost Clock	1038 MHz
Memory Type	GDDR5
Memory Size	3 GiB
Bus Width	192 bit
Memory Bandwidth	120.3 GB/s
TDP	75 W
Floating Point Performance	2.66 TFLOP/s
Release Date	2014-10-07
DirectX Support	12
OpenGL Support	4.5
Pixel Rate	49.82 Gigapixels/s
Texture Rate	83.04 Gigatexels/s
Shading Units	1280
Texture Mapping Units	80
Render Output Processors	48

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

The GeForce GTX 970M is an NVIDIA GPU that was released in 2014 October. This GPU is average at gaming with a score of 1446 points in our PC benchmark.

The GeForce GTX 970M has 3 GiB of GDDR5 memory, with a total memory bandwidth of 117 GB/s. The memory bus has a width of 192 bits. When choosing a GPU, plan ahead and select a model with enough memory for your needs. High resolutions such as 4K require significantly more memory than 1080p as there is more data to display on the screen.

In terms of clock speed, the GeForce GTX 970M GPU core runs at a frequency of 924 MHz and if power and temperature permits, it can boost up to 1038 MHz. The clock runs at a speed called the clock speed. It dictates the number of updates per second that the GPU can process. Overclocking a chip, which means increasing the clock speed will improve the performance. However, thermals and power efficiency may be diminished.

As for rendering API support, the GeForce GTX 970M supports up to DirectX 12. In addition, in cross-platform titles, OpenGL 4.5 features are supported. Newer APIs are usually more efficient, allowing for better performance in games and better graphical effects.

Power and thermals for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 75 watts. This measures the amount of heat the GPU produces when running at 100%. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's a good estimate.

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