GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon 8060S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 8060S and GeForce GTX 970M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon 8060S
2025
39.64
+178%

8060S outperforms GTX 970M by a whopping 178% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking107371
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data12.43
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameStrix PointGM204
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2025 (recently)7 October 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,560.89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores25601280
Core clock speed1295 MHz924 MHz
Boost clock speed2335 MHz1038 MHz
Number of transistors34,000 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no dataunknown
Texture fill rate373.683.04
Floating-point processing power11.96 TFLOPS2.657 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs16080
Ray Tracing Cores40no 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 supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared3 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared192 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data120 GB/s
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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs
VGA аnalog display supportno data+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno 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 Boostno data2.0
GameWorks-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+
BatteryBoost-+
Ansel-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.86.4
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.11.1
Vulkan1.31.1.126
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.

Radeon 8060S 39.64
+178%
GTX 970M 14.24

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.

Radeon 8060S 15846
+178%
GTX 970M 5693

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:

900p350−400
+157%
136
−157%
Full HD160−170
+176%
58
−176%
1440p75−80
+178%
27
−178%
4K55−60
+162%
21
−162%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data44.15
1440pno data94.85
4Kno data121.95

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 66
+0%
66
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Far Cry 5 46
+0%
46
+0%
Fortnite 163
+0%
163
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 61
+0%
61
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60
+0%
60
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 54
+0%
54
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry 5 43
+0%
43
+0%
Fortnite 65
+0%
65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 53
+0%
53
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 49
+0%
49
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Metro Exodus 24
+0%
24
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 49
+0%
49
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45
+0%
45
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 49
+0%
49
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 36
+0%
36
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 33
+0%
33
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
+0%
26
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 49
+0%
49
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 14
+0%
14
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Valorant 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry 5 27
+0%
27
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 23
+0%
23
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 31
+0%
31
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 33
+0%
33
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Metro Exodus 7
+0%
7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
+0%
16
+0%
Valorant 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 15
+0%
15
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Dota 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 13
+0%
13
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 6
+0%
6
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12
+0%
12
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 14
+0%
14
+0%

This is how Radeon 8060S and GTX 970M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 8060S is 157% faster in 900p
  • Radeon 8060S is 176% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 8060S is 178% faster in 1440p
  • Radeon 8060S is 162% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 66 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.64 14.24
Chip lithography 4 nm 28 nm

Radeon 8060S has a 178.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 8060S is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 970M in performance tests.

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