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GTX 970M

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

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Average Bench: 38.6% (70th of 597)

Based on 11,549 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13D8 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Poor: 28%Average: 38.6% Great: 44%

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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) 113fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 970M is just 16%. 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) 103fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 80.1fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,549 samples)
Rank 7038.6%
Min Avg Max
30.4 Lighting 120 137
60.1 Reflection 103 116
91.5 Parallax 116 134
36.7% 113 fps
Min Avg Max
59.1 MRender 85.7 95.6
86 Gravity 113 124
68 Splatting 80.1 87.9
40.2% 93.1 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 1156) 3GB
CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.34
41.3% Average
Lighting 125
Reflection 110
Parallax 130
39% 122 fps
MRender 91.1
Gravity 121
Splatting 85.4
43% 99.1 fps
Asus(1043 1140) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1694
39% Below average
Lighting 126
Reflection 106
Parallax 113
38% 115 fps
MRender 88.2
Gravity 111
Splatting 81.1
40% 93.3 fps
Dell(1028 0685) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9907
37% Below average
Lighting 96.9
Reflection 102
Parallax 126
33% 108 fps
MRender 88.1
Gravity 108
Splatting 81.6
40% 92.7 fps
Dell(1028 0685) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9907
34.9% Below average
Lighting 72.4
Reflection 89.9
Parallax 125
28% 95.8 fps
MRender 87.9
Gravity 109
Splatting 81.2
40% 92.7 fps
11,549 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 4 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 116 fps Overwatch: 62 fps League of Legends: 126 fps DOTA 2: 97 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 12,071,189 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 11,549 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Dell(1028 0708) 15% 37% ± 6%
Asus(1043 22DA) 13% 40% ± 6%
MSI(1462 116D) 5% 38% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1103) 4% 39% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1128) 4% 40% ± 4%
Asus(1043 1140) 4% 38% ± 8%
Dell(1028 0685) 4% 39% ± 3%
MSI(1462 112D) 4% 39% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 6555) 3% 39% ± 9%
MSI(1462 1158) 3% 37% ± 6%
MSI(1462 1134) 3% 40% ± 2%
MSI(1462 116E) 3% 40% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1125) 3% 39% ± 5%
Acer(1025 105B) 3% 40% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1156) 2% 39% ± 5%
Dell(1028 0688) 2% 38% ± 3%
Acer(1025 1051) 2% 41% ± 3%
Device(1A58 674B) 2% 40% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1164) 2% 39% ± 4%
Clevo(1558 6780) 2% 40% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1102) 1% 37% ± 6%
MSI(1462 1155) 1% 34% ± 13%
Clevo(1558 0376) 1% 40% ± 8%
Gigabyte(1458 1756) 1% 50% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 A456) 1% 34% ± 10%
Clevo(1558 5281) 1% 41% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 7500) 1% 40% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 6781) 1% 41% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7481) 1% 37% ± 7%
Acer(1025 107D) 1% 42% ± 1%
Acer(1025 107E) 1% 41% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1171) 1% 49% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 B456) 1% 42% ± 0%
Device(1A58 674E) 1% 31% ± 16%
Clevo(1558 6540) 1% 42% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 6400) 1% 40% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 7502) 1% 33% ± 12%
Clevo(1558 6541) 1% 34% ± 11%
Dell(1028 0550) 0% 52% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7700) 0% 29% ± 18%
Clevo(1558 7702) 0% 35% ± 6%
Dell(1028 0580) 0% 42% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 2555) 0% 41% ± 0%
Dell(1028 02A2) 0% 39% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AD) 0% 41% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AB) 0% 16% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 C556) 0% 41% ± 0%
Quanta(152D 1128) 0% 40% ± 0%
Quanta(152D 1129) 0% 35% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1130) 0% 41% ± 0%
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System: Asus G751JT

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 34,078 samples689x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 60%, 35,602 samples373x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 54%, 2,403 samples78x
GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 39%, 11,549 samples844x
SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 76%, 1,085 samples178x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 68%, 845 samples135x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 319,548 samples51x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 11,561 samples263x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 6,904 samples244x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 12,658 samples127x
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

12 days ago.

GBR-User
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2,840

Good

1 month 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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2,450

Excellent

12 days ago.

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

AUS-User
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2,036

Good

10 hrs 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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1,550

Poor

11 days ago.

something is wrong when 650 is better even against 970m

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