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GTX 970M

Average Bench: 31.9% (106th of 643)

Based on 19,420 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13D8 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Poor: 27%Average: 31.9% Great: 34%

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Poor average bench

The Nvidia GTX 970M averaged 68.1% 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) 123fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 115fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 970M is just 7.35%. 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) 119fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,420 samples)
Rank 10631.9%
Min Avg Max
80.5 Lighting 123 135
88 Reflection 104 115
97 Parallax 119 135
32.4% 115 fps
Min Avg Max
60.1 MRender 87.3 93.6
101 Gravity 115 124
75.2 Splatting 81.1 87.8
32% 94.6 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Clevo(1558 6540) 3GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.5638
33.9% Below average
Lighting 88.4
Reflection 87.2
Parallax 97.4
23% 91 fps
MRender 94.7
Gravity 125
Splatting 88.3
35% 103 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB
CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.73
33.7% Below average
Lighting 125
Reflection 106
Parallax 122
33% 118 fps
MRender 92.1
Gravity 122
Splatting 82.8
34% 99 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) 3GB
CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 452.06
33.2% Below average
Lighting 132
Reflection 111
Parallax 122
35% 122 fps
MRender 92.7
Gravity 119
Splatting 84.4
33% 98.8 fps
MSI(1462 1134) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3630
33.1% Below average
Lighting 127
Reflection 107
Parallax 122
33% 119 fps
MRender 92.4
Gravity 119
Splatting 84.6
33% 98.7 fps
Clevo(1558 7481) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.5206
32.9% Below average
Lighting 132
Reflection 108
Parallax 120
35% 120 fps
MRender 91.5
Gravity 118
Splatting 85.3
33% 98.4 fps
MSI(1462 1158) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4141
30.6% Below average
Lighting 121
Reflection 107
Parallax 115
32% 114 fps
MRender 60.5
Gravity 118
Splatting 85
31% 87.7 fps
MSI(1462 1156) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 962 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.78
24.4% Poor
Lighting 89.2
Reflection 102
Parallax 97.1
23% 96.1 fps
MRender 60.2
Gravity 90.5
Splatting 80.4
25% 77 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 33,093,237 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 19,420 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Dell(1028 0708) 18% 31% ± 2%
Asus(1043 22DA) 17% 33% ± 3%
MSI(1462 116D) 6% 31% ± 3%
Asus(1043 1140) 5% 32% ± 1%
MSI(1462 116E) 5% 31% ± 3%
Dell(1028 0685) 4% 31% ± 2%
Dell(1028 0688) 4% 31% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1128) 3% 34% ± 1%
Acer(1025 105B) 3% 33% ± 3%
MSI(1462 112D) 3% 31% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 6555) 2% 33% ± 1%
Acer(1025 1051) 2% 33% ± 3%
Device(1A58 674B) 2% 31% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1158) 2% 32% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1155) 2% 31% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1102) 2% 31% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1134) 2% 33% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1103) 2% 33% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1125) 1% 31% ± 4%
Clevo(1558 6780) 1% 32% ± 3%
Acer(1025 107E) 1% 32% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1171) 1% 35% ± 0%
Device(1A58 674E) 1% 32% ± 0%
Acer(1025 107D) 1% 31% ± 5%
MSI(1462 1164) 1% 30% ± 6%
MSI(1462 1156) 1% 29% ± 6%
Clevo(1558 7502) 1% 31% ± 4%
Clevo(1558 0376) 1% 34% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 6400) 1% 32% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 1756) 1% 34% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 6540) 1% 33% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 6781) 1% 33% ± 0%
Dell(1028 02A2) 0% 33% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AB) 0% 33% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 1456) 0% 33% ± 0%
Quanta(152D 1128) 0% 32% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 5281) 0% 32% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 A757) 0% 33% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7481) 0% 33% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 5105) 0% 33% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 2555) 0% 33% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 5106) 0% 36% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 0371) 0% 27% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3756) 0% 33% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 4756) 0% 32% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7702) 0% 34% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7500) 0% 34% ± 0%
Dell(1028 053F) 0% 34% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1133) 0% 35% ± 0%
MSI(1462 AF19) 0% 31% ± 0%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 21%
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System: Asus G751JT

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 67%, 57,111 samples310x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 67%, 62,651 samples160x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 64%, 4,284 samples38x
GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 32%, 19,420 samples385x
SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 1,919 samples57x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 76%, 1,214 samples31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $122Bench 114%, 250,009 samples21x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 23,428 samples123x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 14,371 samples104x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 23,627 samples61x
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USA-User
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6,900

Poor (edit your comment) Add link

2 month ago.

My laptop stopped use it it no matter what i did to fix it the flu essentially died after 5 years

GBR-User
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4,422

Good

14 days ago.

I have used this since beginning of 2017 with my i7 4710hq. Runs gta v on high at smooth 60fps. doom eternal 1080p low at 5-60fps. Doom 2016 on high at 70-100fps and team fortress 2 at 100-300 fps on max settings. GREAT Gpu

CAN-User
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3,646

Good

19 days ago.

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

BRA-User
Avatar level
3,509

Good

1 month ago.

I use one for five years and it has never let me down, and I play even Escape from Tarkov with it...

ROU-User
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3,329

Excellent

24 days ago.

It's seems that it can play games with more ram demands, like wolfenstein the new collossus (which requires 4 gb ram, the card have only 3).

AUS-User
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2,928

Good

15 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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2,340

Poor

4 months ago.

something is wrong when 650 is better even against 970m

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
304

Average

15 months ago.

It WAS a ok mobile card.

Nissdrive
Avatar level
20

Excellent

15 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.

Jetz320
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16

Average

30 days ago.

Similar to the GTX 1050Ti, however the 3GB of vram may be a problem for some games.

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