GeForce GT 710M vs GTX 970M

Place in performance ranking	334	1035
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.14	0.49
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GM204	GF117
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2014 (9 years ago)	9 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	no data
Current price	$848 (0.3x MSRP)	$23

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 970M has 745% better value for money than GT 710M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	96
CUDA cores	1280	no data
Core clock speed	924 MHz	775 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	83.04	12.40
Floating-point performance	2,657 gflops	297.6 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 970M and GeForce GT 710M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	no data

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	120 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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

Supported technologies

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

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 970M 14.86
+1192%

GT 710M 1.15

GTX 970M outperforms GT 710M by 1192% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 970M 5739
+1190%

GT 710M 445

GTX 970M outperforms GT 710M by 1190% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 970M 18456
+645%

GT 710M 2476

GTX 970M outperforms GT 710M by 645% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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:

900p	136 +1260%	10−12 −1260%
Full HD	59 +1375%	4−5 −1375%
1440p	25 +2400%	1−2 −2400%
4K	22 +2100%	1−2 −2100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

290−300
+1161%

21−24

−1161%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	500−550 +1090%	42 −1090%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	300−310 +1150%	24−27 −1150%
Battlefield 5	650−700 +1150%	52 −1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	350−400 +1067%	30−33 −1067%
Cyberpunk 2077	290−300 +1161%	21−24 −1161%
Far Cry 5	600−650 +1100%	50 −1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	600−650 +1150%	48 −1150%
Forza Horizon 4	750−800 +1130%	61 −1130%
Hitman 3	350−400 +1107%	27−30 −1107%
Horizon Zero Dawn	750−800 +1150%	60−65 −1150%
Metro Exodus	650−700 +1126%	53 −1126%
Red Dead Redemption 2	500−550 +1120%	40−45 −1120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	600−650 +1177%	45−50 −1177%
Watch Dogs: Legion	600−650 +1150%	45−50 −1150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	450−500 +1150%	36 −1150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	300−310 +1150%	24−27 −1150%
Battlefield 5	550−600 +1150%	44 −1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	350−400 +1067%	30−33 −1067%
Cyberpunk 2077	290−300 +1161%	21−24 −1161%
Far Cry 5	500−550 +1120%	41 −1120%
Far Cry New Dawn	450−500 +1116%	37 −1116%
Forza Horizon 4	1650−1700 +1160%	131 −1160%
Hitman 3	350−400 +1107%	27−30 −1107%
Horizon Zero Dawn	750−800 +1150%	60−65 −1150%
Metro Exodus	500−550 +1150%	40 −1150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	500−550 +1120%	40−45 −1120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	600−650 +1177%	45−50 −1177%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	550−600 +1122%	45 −1122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	600−650 +1150%	45−50 −1150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	270−280 +1186%	21 −1186%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	300−310 +1150%	24−27 −1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	350−400 +1067%	30−33 −1067%
Cyberpunk 2077	290−300 +1161%	21−24 −1161%
Far Cry 5	350−400 +1107%	29 −1107%
Forza Horizon 4	450−500 +1150%	36 −1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	750−800 +1150%	60−65 −1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	600−650 +1177%	45−50 −1177%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	300−310 +1054%	26 −1054%
Watch Dogs: Legion	600−650 +1150%	45−50 −1150%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

500−550
+1120%

40−45

−1120%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	300−310 +1054%	26 −1054%
Far Cry New Dawn	350−400 +1150%	28 −1150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	210−220 +1135%	17 −1135%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	150−160 +1150%	12−14 −1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	230−240 +1178%	18−20 −1178%
Cyberpunk 2077	100−105 +1150%	8−9 −1150%
Far Cry 5	300−310 +1011%	27 −1011%
Forza Horizon 4	290−300 +1161%	23 −1161%
Hitman 3	230−240 +1178%	18−20 −1178%
Horizon Zero Dawn	350−400 +1067%	30−33 −1067%
Metro Exodus	300−310 +1100%	25 −1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	300−310 +1011%	27−30 −1011%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	200−210 +1150%	16−18 −1150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +1122%	9−10 −1122%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

300−310
+1150%

24−27

−1150%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	150−160 +1150%	12 −1150%
Far Cry New Dawn	160−170 +1131%	13 −1131%
Hitman 3	140−150 +1173%	10−12 −1173%
Horizon Zero Dawn	200−210 +1150%	16−18 −1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110−120 +1122%	9 −1122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	200−210 +1150%	16 −1150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−105 +1150%	8−9 −1150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	90−95 +1186%	7−8 −1186%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	90−95 +1186%	7−8 −1186%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +1100%	2−3 −1100%
Far Cry 5	100−105 +1150%	8 −1150%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +1150%	6 −1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	200−210 +1150%	16−18 −1150%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +1150%	12 −1150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +1150%	6−7 −1150%