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GTX 970M

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

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Average Bench: 38.7% (93rd of 621)

Based on 15,963 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13D8 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Poor: 29%Average: 38.7% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The Nvidia GTX 970M averaged 61.3% 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) 120fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 114fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 970M is just 14.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 970M performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 101fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 79.3fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 15,963 samples)
Rank 9338.7%
Min Avg Max
37.8 Lighting 120 136
41.9 Reflection 101 115
91.8 Parallax 116 134
36.7% 112 fps
Min Avg Max
58.9 MRender 85.4 95
94.7 Gravity 114 124
68.5 Splatting 79.3 86.7
40.1% 92.9 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB
CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.57
42.3% Average
Lighting 136
Reflection 111
Parallax 124
41% 124 fps
MRender 91.1
Gravity 124
Splatting 85.9
43% 100 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB
CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 418.81
42.2% Average
Lighting 133
Reflection 110
Parallax 135
41% 126 fps
MRender 93
Gravity 122
Splatting 81.9
43% 98.9 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB
CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.60
41.3% Average
Lighting 128
Reflection 110
Parallax 122
39% 120 fps
MRender 92.7
Gravity 120
Splatting 86
43% 99.6 fps
MSI(1462 1103) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3602
39.6% Below average
Lighting 121
Reflection 97.1
Parallax 108
36% 109 fps
MRender 92.5
Gravity 120
Splatting 81.2
42% 97.8 fps
MSI(1462 1134) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3160
35.4% Below average
Lighting 123
Reflection 104
Parallax 122
38% 117 fps
MRender 92.4
Gravity 119
Splatting 0.2
34% 70.6 fps
MSI(1462 1156) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
30.8% Below average
Lighting 105
Reflection 94.8
Parallax 93
31% 97.5 fps
MRender 29.4
Gravity 106
Splatting 74.6
31% 70.2 fps
MSI(1462 112D) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3602
27.1% Poor
Lighting 91.2
Reflection 87.9
Parallax 87.6
28% 88.9 fps
MRender 25.9
Gravity 91.5
Splatting 65.8
27% 61.1 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 3 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 110 fps League of Legends: 105 fps Overwatch: 63 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,345,343 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 15,963 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Asus(1043 22DA) 14% 41% ± 4%
Dell(1028 0708) 14% 37% ± 3%
MSI(1462 116D) 7% 38% ± 7%
MSI(1462 116E) 6% 40% ± 2%
Asus(1043 1140) 5% 35% ± 9%
MSI(1462 112D) 5% 36% ± 6%
Clevo(1558 6555) 4% 41% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1102) 4% 39% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1125) 3% 38% ± 8%
MSI(1462 1158) 3% 37% ± 6%
MSI(1462 1156) 3% 37% ± 4%
Dell(1028 0685) 3% 38% ± 3%
Dell(1028 0688) 2% 37% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1164) 2% 39% ± 5%
Acer(1025 1051) 2% 38% ± 6%
MSI(1462 1128) 2% 39% ± 3%
Acer(1025 105B) 2% 41% ± 2%
Device(1A58 674B) 2% 38% ± 5%
MSI(1462 1134) 2% 37% ± 5%
MSI(1462 1103) 1% 40% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 6780) 1% 39% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1171) 1% 47% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 7502) 1% 40% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 6541) 1% 41% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1155) 1% 38% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 6400) 1% 39% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 1756) 1% 49% ± 5%
Clevo(1558 7500) 1% 39% ± 2%
Device(1A58 674E) 1% 30% ± 13%
Acer(1025 107D) 1% 40% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 7702) 1% 40% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1133) 1% 35% ± 11%
Clevo(1558 7481) 0% 41% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 A456) 0% 41% ± 0%
HP(103C 1520) 0% 44% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 7700) 0% 39% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 1555) 0% 41% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 6540) 0% 35% ± 9%
HP(103C 176C) 0% 40% ± 4%
Clevo(1558 0376) 0% 57% ± 0%
HP(103C 1630) 0% 40% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AD) 0% 40% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AA) 0% 42% ± 0%
Quanta(152D 1129) 0% 39% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1130) 0% 38% ± 0%
Device(0000 0000) 0% 29% ± 0%
Dell(1028 053F) 0% 36% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 110C) 0% 48% ± 0%
Toshiba(1179 FB12) 0% 38% ± 0%
Dell(1028 057B) 0% 42% ± 0%
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Desktop 53%
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System: Asus G751JT

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 50%, 46,003 samples1,036x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 51%, 48,956 samples557x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 46%, 3,319 samples114x
GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 39%, 15,963 samples1,279x
SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 81%, 1,275 samples248x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 72%, 1,005 samples189x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $86Bench 107%, 469,025 samples72x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 17,306 samples377x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 10,028 samples346x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 17,664 samples184x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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Good (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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3,540

Poor

25 days 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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2,998

Good

7 months ago.

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

AUS-User
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2,422

Good

2 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
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1,850

Good

8 months ago.

something is wrong when 650 is better even against 970m

RavenBailiff
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224

Average

2 months ago.

It WAS a ok mobile card.

Nissdrive
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16

Excellent

2 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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