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GTX 970M

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

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Average Bench: 38.4% (86th of 613)

Based on 15,010 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13D8 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Poor: 28%Average: 38.4% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The Nvidia GTX 970M averaged 61.5% 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) 118fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 113fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 970M is just 15.1%. 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) 78.8fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 15,010 samples)
Rank 8638.4%
Min Avg Max
30 Lighting 118 136
44.8 Reflection 101 116
91.5 Parallax 116 133
36.3% 112 fps
Min Avg Max
59.8 MRender 85.8 94.6
87.2 Gravity 113 125
55 Splatting 78.8 89.7
40% 92.6 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: 430.64
41.7% Average
Lighting 134
Reflection 111
Parallax 123
40% 123 fps
MRender 92.8
Gravity 122
Splatting 82
43% 98.8 fps
Acer(1025 1051) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205
41.5% Average
Lighting 125
Reflection 116
Parallax 126
39% 122 fps
MRender 97.8
Gravity 113
Splatting 96.3
44% 102 fps
MSI(1462 1158) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3086
41.1% Average
Lighting 128
Reflection 108
Parallax 130
40% 122 fps
MRender 90.6
Gravity 118
Splatting 84.5
42% 97.6 fps
Clevo(1558 6555) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3086
41% Average
Lighting 131
Reflection 109
Parallax 120
39% 120 fps
MRender 90.9
Gravity 119
Splatting 84.8
42% 98.2 fps
MSI(1462 1125) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205
40.5% Average
Lighting 125
Reflection 110
Parallax 122
38% 119 fps
MRender 92.9
Gravity 117
Splatting 83.4
42% 97.6 fps
MSI(1462 1102) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3086
37.6% Below average
Lighting 123
Reflection 109
Parallax 116
37% 116 fps
MRender 59.9
Gravity 120
Splatting 81.6
38% 87.2 fps
MSI(1462 1158) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3086
26.9% Poor
Lighting 83.9
Reflection 98
Parallax 85.3
26% 89.1 fps
MRender 30.4
Gravity 84.2
Splatting 80.1
27% 64.9 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

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

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 112 fps League of Legends: 111 fps Overwatch: 63 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,746,344 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 15,010 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Dell(1028 0708) 16% 38% ± 4%
Asus(1043 22DA) 14% 40% ± 5%
MSI(1462 116D) 6% 39% ± 5%
Asus(1043 1140) 5% 35% ± 9%
Dell(1028 0685) 5% 38% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1128) 4% 39% ± 3%
MSI(1462 116E) 4% 37% ± 7%
Dell(1028 0688) 4% 37% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1102) 3% 38% ± 5%
MSI(1462 1103) 3% 37% ± 5%
Clevo(1558 6555) 2% 40% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1164) 2% 38% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1158) 2% 40% ± 3%
MSI(1462 112D) 2% 37% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1125) 2% 37% ± 5%
Acer(1025 1051) 2% 39% ± 6%
Acer(1025 105B) 2% 42% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 6540) 2% 40% ± 2%
Device(1A58 674B) 2% 39% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1134) 2% 38% ± 5%
MSI(1462 1156) 2% 39% ± 2%
Acer(1025 107D) 1% 40% ± 6%
Device(1A58 674E) 1% 35% ± 6%
Clevo(1558 6780) 1% 38% ± 9%
Gigabyte(1458 A456) 1% 40% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1155) 1% 40% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1133) 1% 43% ± 12%
Clevo(1558 5105) 1% 49% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 B556) 1% 41% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 5281) 1% 31% ± 6%
MSI(1462 1171) 1% 45% ± 6%
Clevo(1558 7502) 1% 40% ± 2%
Nvidia(10DE 110C) 1% 42% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 2555) 0% 30% ± 13%
Dell(1028 02A2) 0% 34% ± 5%
Acer(1025 107E) 0% 38% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 3756) 0% 41% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 1756) 0% 46% ± 7%
Clevo(1558 7500) 0% 33% ± 12%
Dell(1028 0580) 0% 37% ± 5%
Gigabyte(1458 1555) 0% 28% ± 20%
Clevo(1558 6541) 0% 38% ± 4%
Clevo(1558 6781) 0% 25% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 7481) 0% 41% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 0376) 0% 41% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AB) 0% 50% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 6400) 0% 40% ± 0%
Quanta(152D 1128) 0% 37% ± 0%
Quanta(152D 1129) 0% 41% ± 0%
Dell(1028 0550) 0% 52% ± 0%
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System: Asus G751JT

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Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 59%, 41,556 samples964x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 61%, 46,306 samples526x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 54%, 3,205 samples107x
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GTX 970MNvidiaBench 38%, 15,010 samples1,193x
SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 80%, 1,271 samples234x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 71%, 1,002 samples180x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $101Bench 105%, 437,578 samples69x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 17,162 samples354x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 9,531 samples325x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 54%, 17,292 samples170x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

13 hrs 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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3,390

Good

13 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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2,882

Good

5 months ago.

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

IDN-User
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2,555

Good

1 month ago.

best vga

AUS-User
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2,316

Good

10 days 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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1,778

Good

6 months ago.

something is wrong when 650 is better even against 970m

RavenBailiff
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214

Average

17 days ago.

It WAS a ok mobile card.

Nissdrive
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16

Excellent

5 days 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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