GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 970M vs 960M among Laptop GPUs

Gaming

GeForce GTX 970M
8.1
GeForce GTX 960M
6.7
GeForce GTX 950M
6.1
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

GeForce GTX 970M
9.4
GeForce GTX 960M
6.2
GeForce GTX 950M
5.8
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

Computing

GeForce GTX 970M
7.9
GeForce GTX 960M
7.1
GeForce GTX 950M
6.4
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

GeForce GTX 970M
n.d.
GeForce GTX 960M
7.5
GeForce GTX 950M
6.9
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Value

GeForce GTX 970M
5.4
GeForce GTX 960M
5.6
GeForce GTX 950M
5.7
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Noise and Power

GeForce GTX 970M
n.d.
GeForce GTX 960M
8.7
GeForce GTX 950M
8.7
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
7.9

Overall Score

GeForce GTX 970M
7.9
GeForce GTX 960M
6.7
GeForce GTX 950M
6.2

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 2,043 Around 2x better PassMark score
Much better manhattan score 17,094.62 vs 3,713.7 More than 4.5x better manhattan score
Significantly better 3DMark06 score 9,904.5 vs 5,277 Around 90% better 3DMark06 score
Significantly more memory 6,144 MB vs 2,048 MB 3x more memory
Much higher diablo III framerate 225 fps vs 121.3 fps More than 85% higher diablo III framerate
Significantly higher pixel rate 49.8 GPixel/s vs 17.55 GPixel/s More than 2.8x higher pixel rate
Better 3DMark 11 graphics score 26,947 vs 23,777.5 Around 15% better 3DMark 11 graphics score
Better floating-point performance 2,657.3 GFLOPS vs 1,404.2 GFLOPS Around 90% better floating-point performance
Much higher crysis 3 framerate 33.4 fps vs 20.75 fps More than 60% 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 43.9 GTexel/s Around 90% higher texture rate
Significantly higher metro: last light framerate 52.3 vs 31.05 Around 70% 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 better PassMark direct compute score 2,799 vs 1,479 Around 90% better PassMark direct compute score
Significantly higher BioShock infinite framerate 71.9 fps vs 45.3 fps Around 60% higher BioShock infinite framerate
Better fire strike factor score 59.95 vs 32.14 More than 85% better fire strike factor score
Wider memory bus 192 bit vs 128 bit 50% wider memory bus
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Slightly higher clock speed 1,097 MHz vs 1,038 MHz More than 5% higher clock speed
Higher turbo clock speed 1,176 MHz vs 993 MHz Around 20% higher turbo clock speed

Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 970M vs 960M

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 970M
313.57 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 960M
174.57 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 970M
59.43 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 960M
54.29 mPixels/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 970M
24,269.7
GeForce GTX 960M
3,353.98

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 970M
17,094.62
GeForce GTX 960M
3,713.7

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 970M
59.95
GeForce GTX 960M
32.14

Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 970M
371.7
GeForce GTX 960M
260.76

Thief

GeForce GTX 970M
47.85
GeForce GTX 960M
27.8

Battlefield 4

GeForce GTX 970M
56.65
GeForce GTX 960M
33.4

Comments

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WHO AM I (12:40 PM, March 7, 2016)
oh my GOAT
Parsa Mahmoodi (08:50 PM, September 28, 2015)
WOW, WTF??? at least has 2x better pass mark. WOW, not even one month
Бенедикт Спиноза (08:02 PM, September 22, 2015)
oh my God... so sad
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