GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 970M vs 860M among Laptop GPUs

Gaming

GeForce GTX 970M
8.0
GeForce GTX 860M
6.3
GeForce GTX 960M
6.6
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

GeForce GTX 970M
9.3
GeForce GTX 860M
8.7
GeForce GTX 960M
8.6
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

Computing

GeForce GTX 970M
8.7
GeForce GTX 860M
7.0
GeForce GTX 960M
7.4
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

GeForce GTX 970M
n.d.
GeForce GTX 860M
5.5
GeForce GTX 960M
5.9
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Value

GeForce GTX 970M
3.0
GeForce GTX 860M
3.1
GeForce GTX 960M
4.2
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Noise and Power

GeForce GTX 970M
n.d.
GeForce GTX 860M
8.7
GeForce GTX 960M
8.7
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
7.6

Overall Score

GeForce GTX 970M
7.6
GeForce GTX 860M
6.5
GeForce GTX 960M
6.9

Winner
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 

GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M  based on its gaming, benchmarks and compute performance.

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Differences What are the advantages of each

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Reasons to consider the
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M

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Much better PassMark score 4,048 vs 1,719 More than 2.2x better PassMark score
Much better manhattan score 17,094.62 vs 3,719.08 More than 4.5x better manhattan score
Significantly better 3DMark vantage graphics score 30,252 vs 18,276.5 More than 65% better 3DMark vantage graphics score
Significantly better 3DMark06 score 9,904.5 vs 4,902 More than 2x better 3DMark06 score
Significantly more memory 6,144 MB vs 2,048 MB 3x more memory
Much higher diablo III framerate 225 fps vs 105.24 fps Around 2.2x higher diablo III framerate
Better 3DMark 11 graphics score 26,947 vs 23,220.5 More than 15% better 3DMark 11 graphics score
Significantly higher pixel rate 49.8 GPixel/s vs 16.32 GPixel/s More than 3x higher pixel rate
Better floating-point performance 2,657.3 GFLOPS vs 1,305.6 GFLOPS More than 2x better floating-point performance
Much higher crysis 3 framerate 33.4 fps vs 18.75 fps Around 80% higher crysis 3 framerate
Significantly more render output processors 48 vs 16 Three times as many render output processors
Higher memory bandwidth 120.3 GB/s vs 80.2 GB/s Around 50% higher memory bandwidth
Higher texture rate 83 GTexel/s vs 40.8 GTexel/s More than 2x higher texture rate
Much higher metro: last light framerate 52.3 vs 27.85 Around 90% higher metro: last light framerate
More shading units 1,280 vs 640 Twice as many shading units
More texture mapping units 80 vs 40 Twice as many texture mapping units
Significantly higher BioShock infinite framerate 71.9 fps vs 41.57 fps Around 75% higher BioShock infinite framerate
Significantly better PassMark direct compute score 2,799 vs 1,593 More than 75% better PassMark direct compute score
Better fire strike factor score 59.95 vs 33.42 Around 80% better fire strike factor score
Wider memory bus 192 bit vs 128 bit 50% wider memory bus
Better T-Rex score 4.16 frames/s vs 3.42 frames/s More than 20% better T-Rex score
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Higher turbo clock speed 1,085 MHz vs 993 MHz Around 10% higher turbo clock speed

Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 970M vs 860M

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 970M
313.57 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 860M
162.83 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 970M
59.43 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 860M
22.83 mPixels/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 970M
24,269.7
GeForce GTX 860M
2,890.54

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 970M
17,094.62
GeForce GTX 860M
3,719.08

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 970M
59.95
GeForce GTX 860M
33.42

Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 970M
371.7
GeForce GTX 860M
253.8

Thief

GeForce GTX 970M
47.85
GeForce GTX 860M
24

Battlefield 4

GeForce GTX 970M
56.65
GeForce GTX 860M
28.85

Comments

Showing 8 comments.
Meh (03:55 PM, August 28, 2015)
Actually you with Alienware and Clevo the cards are replaceable.
James (06:23 AM, August 26, 2015)
have an 860m...play with some pretty high settings and it runs fine...i'll gladly give up some fps for quality...people obsess about fps too much.
James (05:15 AM, April 16, 2015)
far cry 4 runs flawlessly on higher settings with my 4gb 860m.
Oldy (02:01 AM, January 22, 2015)
Ego Destinatum https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_3043474305&feature=iv&src_vid=HJaHq7yt9dw&v=z44soCWzWm0
ManBearPig (07:37 PM, January 21, 2015)
I have a 4gb 860m maxwell and it does play farcry on 1080p high setting with no supersampling....but the 970m i use on the g751 kicks some major ass in comparision but with no supersampling the lowest you go is medium-high 1080p on the 860
SUCK SHIT, DIPSHITS (02:22 AM, January 14, 2015)
they're both laptop gpu's because he's obviously comparing laptops. and on second place, well... you are a dumbass
Ego Destinatum (07:18 AM, January 12, 2015)
Well.. just to start the 860M is a chipset integrated in Laptops, is not a discrete video card that can be pluged on a desktop. And on second place, well.. on Far Cry 4 you will not be able to get a "playable" game on the 860M at 1920x1080 if you chose other than the low quality settings. And finally, a graphics card with more memory allows you to: Play at higher resolutions, at higher texture quality settings, with higher render-based antialiasing settings But does not improve speed
Arcamean (10:28 PM, January 11, 2015)
Obviously the 970 is more powerful but for the average gamer what sort of impact does it have over the 860? The most stressful game I own at this time is Far Cry 4 and the six gig ram is sadly wasted on Skyrim even with loads of mods due to the 3gig limit.
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