RTX 2070 Super vs GTX 970M

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Combined performance score

GTX 970M
14.79

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 218% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking32763
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.8846.41
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameGM204Turing TU104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 October 2014 (9 years old)2 July 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,560.89 $499
Current price$848 (0.3x MSRP)$261 (0.5x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2070 Super has 1096% better value for money than GTX 970M.

Technical specs

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 cores12802560
CUDA cores1280no data
Core clock speed924 MHz1605 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown215 Watt
Texture fill rate83.04283.2
Floating-point performance2,657 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 970M and GeForce RTX 2070 Super 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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth120 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI++
G-SYNC support++

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 Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+no data
Optimus+no data
BatteryBoost+no data
VR Readyno data+
Ansel+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+7.5

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 14.79
RTX 2070 Super 47.08
+218%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 218% in our combined 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 5732
RTX 2070 Super 18245
+218%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 218% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 970M 28845
RTX 2070 Super 89209
+209%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 209% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 970M 9878
RTX 2070 Super 35032
+255%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 255% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 970M 7463
RTX 2070 Super 24639
+230%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 230% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 970M 51247
RTX 2070 Super 129295
+152%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 152% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 18330
RTX 2070 Super 100123
+446%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 446% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 970M 274626
RTX 2070 Super 515887
+87.9%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 88% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 970M 16481
RTX 2070 Super 98067
+495%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 495% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 970M 17191
RTX 2070 Super 107983
+528%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 528% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 970M 34
RTX 2070 Super 168
+391%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 391% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 970M 21
RTX 2070 Super 72
+242%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 242% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 970M 3
RTX 2070 Super 12
+269%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 269% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 970M 24
RTX 2070 Super 100
+315%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 315% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 970M 37
RTX 2070 Super 53
+41.7%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 42% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 970M 11
RTX 2070 Super 42
+285%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 285% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 970M 28
RTX 2070 Super 128
+366%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 366% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

GTX 970M 12
RTX 2070 Super 12
+2.6%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 3% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 970M 28
RTX 2070 Super 128
+366%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 366% in SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase.

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 970M 34
RTX 2070 Super 150
+339%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 339% in SPECviewperf 12 - Maya.

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 970M 24
RTX 2070 Super 98
+305%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 305% in SPECviewperf 12 - Catia.

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 970M 21
RTX 2070 Super 72
+242%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 242% in SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks.

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 970M 3
RTX 2070 Super 12
+266%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 266% in SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX.

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 970M 37
RTX 2070 Super 50
+33.9%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 34% in SPECviewperf 12 - Creo.

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 970M 11
RTX 2070 Super 42
+285%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 285% in SPECviewperf 12 - Medical.

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

Benchmark coverage: 2%

GTX 970M 11.7
RTX 2070 Super 12
+2.6%

RTX 2070 Super outperforms GTX 970M by 3% in SPECviewperf 12 - Energy.

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:

900p136
−194%
400−450
+194%
Full HD58
−133%
135
+133%
1440p27
−211%
84
+211%
4K21
−162%
55
+162%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−309%
94
+309%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 42
−148%
104
+148%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
−252%
88
+252%
Battlefield 5 66
−78.8%
118
+78.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−374%
180
+374%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−265%
84
+265%
Far Cry 5 46
−167%
123
+167%
Far Cry New Dawn 41
−173%
112
+173%
Forza Horizon 4 61
−185%
174
+185%
Hitman 3 40−45
−329%
176
+329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−258%
111
+258%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−368%
117
+368%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40
−228%
131
+228%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−296%
111
+296%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 36
−150%
90
+150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
−196%
74
+196%
Battlefield 5 54
−90.7%
103
+90.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−266%
139
+266%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−239%
78
+239%
Far Cry 5 43
−172%
117
+172%
Far Cry New Dawn 38
−182%
107
+182%
Forza Horizon 4 53
−225%
172
+225%
Hitman 3 40−45
−276%
154
+276%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−181%
87
+181%
Metro Exodus 24
−275%
90
+275%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−168%
67
+168%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 34
−262%
123
+262%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45
−302%
181
+302%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−243%
96
+243%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21
−210%
65
+210%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
−164%
66
+164%
Battlefield 5 49
−93.9%
95
+93.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−217%
73
+217%
Far Cry 5 39
−182%
110
+182%
Far Cry New Dawn 35
−180%
98
+180%
Forza Horizon 4 36
−325%
153
+325%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
−285%
100
+285%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−143%
68
+143%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−332%
95
+332%
Hitman 3 21−24
−339%
101
+339%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−200%
63
+200%
Metro Exodus 14
−307%
57
+307%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−300%
44
+300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20
−330%
86
+330%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 17
−235%
57
+235%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−342%
53
+342%
Battlefield 5 33
−152%
83
+152%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−488%
47
+488%
Far Cry 5 27
−263%
98
+263%
Far Cry New Dawn 25
−264%
91
+264%
Forza Horizon 4 23
−443%
125
+443%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−393%
70−75
+393%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
−467%
51
+467%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−450%
55
+450%
Hitman 3 14−16
−293%
55
+293%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−90%
19
+90%
Metro Exodus 7
−429%
37
+429%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−250%
28
+250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9
−411%
46
+411%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
−325%
68
+325%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−333%
39
+333%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−357%
32
+357%
Battlefield 5 15
−253%
53
+253%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1050%
23
+1050%
Far Cry 5 13
−315%
54
+315%
Far Cry New Dawn 12
−375%
57
+375%
Forza Horizon 4 6
−1300%
84
+1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−383%
29
+383%

This is how GTX 970M and RTX 2070 Super compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 194% faster than GTX 970M

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 133% faster than GTX 970M

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 211% faster than GTX 970M

4K resolution:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 162% faster than GTX 970M

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2070 Super is 1300% faster than the GTX 970M.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 2070 Super surpassed GTX 970M in all 68 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 14.79 47.08
Recency 7 October 2014 2 July 2019
Cost $2560.89 $499
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 970M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 970M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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