NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

229
Place in performance rating
302
30.41
Value for money (0-100)
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Maxwell
Architecture
Fermi
GM204
Code name
N12E-GTX2
Laptop
Type
Laptop
7 October 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$2,560.89
Launch price (MSRP)
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$848 (0.3x MSRP)
Price now
$499
4.32
Value for money
2.55
GM204
GPU code name
N12E-GTX2
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
768
924 MHz
Core clock speed
620 MHz
1038 MHz
Boost Clock
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5,200 million
Transistor count
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28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
2x 100 Watt
83.04
Texture fill rate
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2,657 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1280
CUDA cores
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1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1038 MHz
Boost clock speed
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5,200 million
Number of transistors
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Thermal design power (TDP)
2x 100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
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None
Supplementary power connectors
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large
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
+
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2500 MHz
Memory clock speed
3000 MHz
120 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

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

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
2.0
GPU Boost
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+
CUDA
+
+
GeForce Experience
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+
Optimus
+
+
Ansel
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+
GameStream
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+
GeForce ShadowPlay
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+
GameWorks
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+
BatteryBoost
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+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
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Verde Drivers
+
+
DSR
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3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
4.5
OpenGL
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1.1.126
Vulkan
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6.4
Shader Model
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1.1
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

8.2% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 768)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI

Cheaper ($499 vs $848 (0.3x MSRP))

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
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