GeForce GTX 970M SLI: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
GeForce GTX 970M SLI provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 23.39% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090.
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Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 970M SLI sales 7 October 2014. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Maxwell architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 2x 6 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5 GHz are supplied.
Power consumption is at 162 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 970M SLI: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 261 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 10.22 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 7 October 2014 (10 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
GeForce GTX 970M SLI's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 970M SLI's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 | of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| Core clock speed | 924 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Boost clock speed | 1038 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 2x 5200 Million | of 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 162 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 970M SLI and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | |
| SLI options | + |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 970M SLI: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 6 GB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 2x 192 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Shared memory | - |
Supported technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 970M SLI. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 970M SLI, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | |
| CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 970M SLI. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
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.
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.
Unigine Heaven 3.0
This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce GTX 970M SLI is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 88 | |
| 4K | 41 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 45−50 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 45−50 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 45−50 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 90−95 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 45−50 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 75−80 | |
| Fortnite | 110−120 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 70−75 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 85−90 | |
| Valorant | 160−170 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 45−50 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 90−95 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 250−260 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 45−50 | |
| Dota 2 | 110−120 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 75−80 | |
| Fortnite | 110−120 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 70−75 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 80−85 | |
| Metro Exodus | 50−55 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 85−90 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 85 | |
| Valorant | 160−170 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 45−50 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 90−95 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 45−50 | |
| Dota 2 | 110−120 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 75−80 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90−95 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 85−90 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 48 | |
| Valorant | 160−170 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 110−120 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 45−50 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 160−170 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 40−45 | |
| Metro Exodus | 30−33 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180 | |
| Valorant | 190−200 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 30−35 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 60−65 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21−24 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 50−55 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 55−60 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 35−40 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 50−55 |
4K
High Preset
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 14−16 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 40−45 | |
| Metro Exodus | 18−20 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 28 | |
| Valorant | 130−140 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 14−16 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11 | |
| Dota 2 | 75−80 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 24−27 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 24−27 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 24−27 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 970M SLI is Radeon RX 6550M, which is faster by 5% and higher by 19 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 970M SLI:
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GTX 970M SLI according to our statistics.
