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GTX 970M

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 31.8% (142nd of 685)

Based on 25,299 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13D8 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Poor: 27%Average: 31.8% Great: 33%

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Poor average bench

The Nvidia GTX 970M averaged 68.2% 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) 38.9fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 40fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 970M is just 6.07%. 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) 45.6fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 38.3fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 25,299 samples)
Rank 14231.8%
Min Avg Max
33.1 Lighting 38.9 41.6
41.3 Reflection 45.6 61.3
34.6 Parallax 38.3 42.1
31.5% 40.9 fps
Min Avg Max
26.6 MRender 39.4 41.7
36.4 Gravity 40 41.9
32.5 Splatting 34 37.1
32.2% 37.8 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Clevo(1558 6557) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.1748
43.2% Average
Lighting 54.8
Reflection 56.6
Parallax 49.8
44% 53.7 fps
MRender 46.7
Gravity 52.9
Splatting 45.9
42% 48.5 fps
Dell(1028 0688) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3136
31.8% Below average
Lighting 39.4
Reflection 42.4
Parallax 37.7
32% 39.8 fps
MRender 40.3
Gravity 39.3
Splatting 34
32% 37.9 fps
MSI(1462 1125) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205
31.6% Below average
Lighting 38.4
Reflection 43.6
Parallax 38.5
31% 40.2 fps
MRender 40.3
Gravity 39.8
Splatting 33.9
32% 38 fps
Dell(1028 057B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 353.82
31.2% Below average
Lighting 37.4
Reflection 44
Parallax 37.8
30% 39.7 fps
MRender 40.3
Gravity 39.9
Splatting 34.9
32% 38.4 fps
Dell(1028 0685) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8912
30.7% Below average
Lighting 37.4
Reflection 41.6
Parallax 42
30% 40.3 fps
MRender 40.1
Gravity 38.6
Splatting 33.4
31% 37.4 fps
Clevo(1558 6540) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.1694
29.1% Poor
Lighting 35.7
Reflection 55.4
Parallax 35.1
29% 42.1 fps
MRender 37.1
Gravity 36.3
Splatting 30.7
29% 34.7 fps
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 55,453,915 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 25,299 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Dell(1028 0708) 19% 32% ± 1%
Asus(1043 22DA) 15% 33% ± 2%
Asus(1043 1140) 6% 32% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1128) 5% 31% ± 2%
MSI(1462 116E) 4% 31% ± 2%
MSI(1462 116D) 4% 31% ± 2%
MSI(1462 112D) 3% 32% ± 1%
Dell(1028 0688) 3% 32% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 6555) 3% 32% ± 2%
Dell(1028 0685) 3% 31% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1102) 3% 32% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1158) 3% 31% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1125) 3% 32% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1156) 2% 31% ± 2%
Device(1A58 674B) 2% 32% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1103) 2% 31% ± 2%
Acer(1025 105B) 2% 31% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1134) 2% 32% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1155) 1% 32% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 5281) 1% 32% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 6780) 1% 33% ± 1%
Acer(1025 107D) 1% 30% ± 3%
Acer(1025 107E) 1% 32% ± 0%
Acer(1025 1051) 1% 29% ± 4%
Device(1A58 674E) 1% 31% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1164) 1% 32% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 6400) 1% 32% ± 0%
Dell(1028 057B) 1% 31% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 6540) 1% 33% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 7481) 1% 32% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 0376) 0% 29% ± 5%
Dell(1028 05AB) 0% 32% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 1555) 0% 33% ± 0%
Quanta(152D 1097) 0% 32% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 6541) 0% 33% ± 0%
HP(103C 176C) 0% 33% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 6781) 0% 32% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 1464) 0% 32% ± 0%
Dell(1028 02A2) 0% 25% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 B556) 0% 32% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3756) 0% 33% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 A456) 0% 32% ± 0%
Quanta(152D 1128) 0% 32% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1130) 0% 33% ± 0%
Dell(1028 0551) 0% 34% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 0870) 0% 33% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7502) 0% 32% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7700) 0% 32% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7500) 0% 31% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 A757) 0% 33% ± 0%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 21%
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System: Asus G751JT

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 65%, 77,387 samples204x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 66%, 79,671 samples129x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 64%, 5,359 samples30x
GPU
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 32%, 25,299 samples259x
SSD
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 2,451 samples40x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $90Bench 103%, 951,591 samples13x
RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples74x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples62x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples39x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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8,922

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 days ago.

It runs games but is now finally starting to be minimum requirement in newer games

GBR-User
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5,322

Good

5 months 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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4,550

Good

1 month ago.

If your on a budget you can play most games. I managed to play Red Dead Redemption 2. FFXV. GTAV. Elden Ring. Halo Infinite. and other games at 30-60 FPS on low/mid settings. it will defintley work as for a budget PC. or as a place holder until you get a better GPU. I used it for around 2-3 years before upgrading to a RTX 3060

ROU-User
Avatar level
4,253

Poor

7 months 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).

BRA-User
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4,195

Poor

17 months ago.

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

AUS-User
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3,584

Good

10 months ago.

Great graphics card. Had for 5 years now and still works like a beast always getting me that crisp 1080p 60fps gameplay

JPN-User
Avatar level
3,242

Good

19 months ago.

I have used this in my alienware 15 R1 for 6 years. Its been a good card. I have even multiboxed (4 accounts) in D3 and it ran it fairly well. However, in 2021 it is definitely showing its age.. If I can sqeeze another 6 months out of it I will be pleased.

PHL-User
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2,988

Good

12 months ago.

something is wrong when 650 is better even against 970m

GRC-User
Avatar level
2,887

Excellent

15 months ago.

Awesome card, even in 2021. I have it mounted in in my Clevo p651re, after 4 years of constant beating it still rocks the world. Warthunder in full window mode(best for Nvidia cards) Like a Movie settings 54 fps with 2560x1080 external monitor.

BEL-User
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2,320

Excellent

8 months ago.

becouse is better than 1050 Mobile

IRL-User
Avatar level
1,542

Excellent

14 months ago.

I have a 6GB variant on the laptop, performing pretty great even 6 years after purchase.

basacararhan
Avatar level
318

Poor

18 months ago.

Still an option for budget laptops but other than that, it's a pretty useless card.

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
316

Average

3 years ago.

It WAS a ok mobile card.

Nissdrive
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20

Excellent

3 years 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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