Arc Pro B65 vs GeForce GTX 970M

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	419	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.55	no data
Power efficiency	13.11	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Xe2-HPG (2025−2026)
GPU code name	GM204	BMG-G21
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2014 (11 years ago)	April 2026 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	2560
Core clock speed	924 MHz	2400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	2400 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	83.04	384.0
Floating-point processing power	2.657 TFLOPS	12.29 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	80
TMUs	80	160
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20
L1 Cache	480 KB	5 MB
L2 Cache	1536 KB	10 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 5.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	2375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	120 GB/s	608.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort 2.1
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	-
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-
BatteryBoost	+	-
Ansel	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.4
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	32 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm