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GTX 970M

Average Bench: 31.1% (91st of 621)

Based on 16,303 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13D8 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Poor: 25%Average: 31.1% Great: 34%

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Poor average bench

The Nvidia GTX 970M averaged 68.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 124fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 116fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 970M is just 8.46%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 970M performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 104fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 118fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 16,303 samples)
Rank 9131.1%
Min Avg Max
92.5 Lighting 124 136
89 Reflection 104 115
96.9 Parallax 118 136
31.8% 116 fps
Min Avg Max
60.2 MRender 87.2 94
104 Gravity 116 124
69.9 Splatting 79.2 87.5
30.4% 94 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Clevo(1558 5281) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205
33.5% Below average
Lighting 140
Reflection 109
Parallax 118
35% 122 fps
MRender 90.7
Gravity 118
Splatting 84.3
31% 97.6 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB
CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 436.30
32.8% Below average
Lighting 132
Reflection 110
Parallax 123
34% 122 fps
MRender 91.7
Gravity 122
Splatting 81.3
32% 98.4 fps
MSI(1462 1134) 3GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3648
32.5% Below average
Lighting 128
Reflection 110
Parallax 123
33% 120 fps
MRender 93.2
Gravity 121
Splatting 85.5
32% 99.9 fps
Device(1A58 674B) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8873
32% Below average
Lighting 132
Reflection 106
Parallax 128
34% 122 fps
MRender 87
Gravity 110
Splatting 81
30% 92.6 fps
MSI(1462 1158) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3648
31.6% Below average
Lighting 127
Reflection 107
Parallax 118
32% 117 fps
MRender 89
Gravity 115
Splatting 83.2
31% 95.7 fps
MSI(1462 1125) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3160
30.3% Below average
Lighting 124
Reflection 101
Parallax 114
32% 113 fps
MRender 80.5
Gravity 110
Splatting 76.5
29% 89.1 fps
Dell(1028 0708) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3648
24% Poor
Lighting 99
Reflection 96.2
Parallax 104
26% 99.8 fps
MRender 87.8
Gravity 96.9
Splatting 0.3
22% 61.7 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,847,209 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 16,303 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Dell(1028 0708) 13% 31% ± 2%
Asus(1043 22DA) 13% 32% ± 3%
MSI(1462 116D) 7% 31% ± 3%
Asus(1043 1140) 6% 31% ± 3%
Dell(1028 0685) 5% 32% ± 6%
Dell(1028 0688) 4% 31% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 6555) 4% 32% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1128) 4% 31% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1125) 4% 31% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1158) 4% 31% ± 2%
MSI(1462 116E) 3% 30% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1103) 3% 30% ± 3%
MSI(1462 112D) 3% 29% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1164) 2% 30% ± 3%
Acer(1025 105B) 2% 32% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1134) 2% 31% ± 1%
Device(1A58 674B) 1% 30% ± 4%
Acer(1025 1051) 1% 29% ± 5%
MSI(1462 1155) 1% 31% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 6780) 1% 30% ± 5%
MSI(1462 1102) 1% 32% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1156) 1% 30% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 6781) 1% 31% ± 3%
Acer(1025 107D) 1% 31% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1171) 1% 45% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 6540) 1% 32% ± 1%
Acer(1025 107E) 1% 30% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 7500) 1% 31% ± 1%
Device(1A58 674E) 1% 31% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 6541) 1% 32% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 0376) 1% 31% ± 10%
Gigabyte(1458 A456) 1% 32% ± 1%
Dell(1028 053F) 1% 29% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 1555) 1% 32% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7481) 0% 31% ± 2%
Dell(1028 15CD) 0% 28% ± 4%
Acer(1025 026B) 0% 31% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 6400) 0% 32% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 5281) 0% 28% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 7502) 0% 27% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 7700) 0% 32% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7702) 0% 31% ± 2%
Nvidia(10DE 110C) 0% 31% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1133) 0% 37% ± 6%
Gigabyte(1458 2555) 0% 32% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 5106) 0% 33% ± 0%
Dell(1028 02A2) 0% 29% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 1456) 0% 33% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 C556) 0% 32% ± 0%
Quanta(152D 1128) 0% 29% ± 0%
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Gaming 31%
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Desktop 53%
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Workstation 36%
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System: Asus G751JT

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 51%, 46,592 samples1,090x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 53%, 51,288 samples589x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 46%, 3,427 samples123x
GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 16,303 samples1,349x
SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 81%, 1,347 samples259x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 73%, 1,012 samples195x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $57Bench 106%, 497,964 samples74x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 17,666 samples405x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 10,302 samples364x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 19,340 samples194x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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5,652

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

I personally haven't had a problem with this GPU, and I've been able to run some pretty graphic intensive games on high settings. I will admit, it is rather pricy though.

GBR-User
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3,664

Poor

2 months ago.

works well and handles great on most games but can’t go super hard on the graphics with graphically demanding games

CAN-User
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3,056

Good

23 days ago.

I own it... therefore it is the best.

AUS-User
Avatar level
2,460

Good

4 months ago.

for mobile gaming, if you can fine a laptop with this gpu plus anything around or above an i5 5700 it's honestly a very capable gpu

PHL-User
Avatar level
1,888

Good

10 months ago.

something is wrong when 650 is better even against 970m

RavenBailiff
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228

Average

4 months ago.

It WAS a ok mobile card.

Nissdrive
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16

Excellent

4 months ago.

Honestly, at the moment, if you're going budget for laptop gaming, it will do its job and it will do it very well. This graphics card will run most games that you want it to run, at mostly high settings, and other games will run at max. As for around three or four years ago, this graphics card was very powerful for all types of gaming and could perform most tasks with ease. It compares with a GTX 1050Ti which during the time of this card was pretty good.

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