GeForce GTX 775M vs GTX 970

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 970 with GeForce GTX 775M, including specs and performance data.

GTX 970
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 148 Watt
25.01
+165%

GTX 970 outperforms GTX 775M by a whopping 165% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking217469
Place by popularity57not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.79no data
Power efficiency11.606.47
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGM204N13E-GTX-A2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 September 2014 (10 years ago)24 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores16641344
Core clock speed1050 MHz719 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,200 million3540 Million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)148 Watt100 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate122.5no data
Floating-point processing power3.92 TFLOPSno data
ROPs56no data
TMUs104no data

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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth224 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2no data
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 970 25.01
+165%
GTX 775M 9.43

  • Other tests
    • Passmark
    • 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
    • GeekBench 5 OpenCL
    • Octane Render OctaneBench

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 970 9635
+165%
GTX 775M 3634

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 970 16033
+164%
GTX 775M 6071

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 970 28478
+140%
GTX 775M 11889

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

GTX 970 79
+119%
GTX 775M 36

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD80
+167%
30−35
−167%
1440p45
+181%
16−18
−181%
4K38
+171%
14−16
−171%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.11no data
1440p7.31no data
4K8.66no data

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+173%
14−16
−173%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+139%
21−24
−139%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+207%
14−16
−207%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+183%
27−30
−183%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+168%
18−20
−168%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+173%
14−16
−173%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+159%
21−24
−159%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+150%
24−27
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+132%
60−65
−132%
Hitman 3 50−55
+178%
18−20
−178%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+121%
50−55
−121%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+197%
27−30
−197%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+150%
24−27
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+174%
30−35
−174%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+68.9%
60−65
−68.9%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+139%
21−24
−139%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+207%
14−16
−207%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+183%
27−30
−183%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 52
+174%
18−20
−174%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+173%
14−16
−173%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+159%
21−24
−159%
Far Cry New Dawn 29
+11.5%
24−27
−11.5%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+132%
60−65
−132%
Hitman 3 50−55
+178%
18−20
−178%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+121%
50−55
−121%
Metro Exodus 35
+20.7%
27−30
−20.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+150%
24−27
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+174%
30−35
−174%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 109
+319%
24−27
−319%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+68.9%
60−65
−68.9%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+139%
21−24
−139%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+207%
14−16
−207%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 36
+89.5%
18−20
−89.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+173%
14−16
−173%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+159%
21−24
−159%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+132%
60−65
−132%
Hitman 3 50−55
+178%
18−20
−178%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+121%
50−55
−121%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+174%
30−35
−174%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 43
+65.4%
24−27
−65.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+68.9%
60−65
−68.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+150%
24−27
−150%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+161%
18−20
−161%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+171%
14−16
−171%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+189%
9−10
−189%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+380%
5−6
−380%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+211%
9−10
−211%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+164%
10−12
−164%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+249%
40−45
−249%
Hitman 3 30−33
+131%
12−14
−131%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+160%
20−22
−160%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+262%
12−14
−262%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+400%
10−12
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+244%
9−10
−244%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+135%
60−65
−135%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+163%
16−18
−163%
Battlefield 5 24−27
+178%
9−10
−178%
Far Cry New Dawn 20
+186%
7−8
−186%
Hitman 3 20−22
+300%
5−6
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+228%
35−40
−228%
Metro Exodus 23
+229%
7−8
−229%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 29
+314%
7−8
−314%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+183%
12−14
−183%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+400%
6−7
−400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+144%
9−10
−144%

This is how GTX 970 and GTX 775M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 970 is 167% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 970 is 181% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 970 is 171% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 970 is 500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 970 surpassed GTX 775M in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 25.01 9.43
Recency 19 September 2014 24 September 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 148 Watt 100 Watt

GTX 970 has a 165.2% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 11 months.

GTX 775M, on the other hand, has 48% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 970 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 775M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 970 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 775M is a notebook one.


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