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    GeForce GTX 1070 mobile vs GeForce GTX 970M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and GeForce GTX 970M. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and GeForce GTX 970M. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and GeForce GTX 970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and GeForce GTX 970M are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1070 mobile or GeForce GTX 970M here:

    GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Laptops
    GeForce GTX 970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1070 mobile GeForce GTX 970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce GTX 970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 970M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and GeForce GTX 970M - with Maxwell.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is 582 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 970M.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and GeForce GTX 970M - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 2492 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1070 mobile.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 50−55 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 35−40 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 27−30 16−18
    4K / 2160p 16−18 10−11
    low / 720p 80−85 60−65
    medium / 1080p 60−65 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 43% more, than GeForce GTX 970M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1070 mobile GeForce GTX 970M
    Architecture Pascal Maxwell
    Code name N17E-G2 GM204
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 September 2016 7 October 2014
    Pipelines 2048 1280
    Core clock speed 1506 MHz 924 MHz
    Boost Clock 1645 MHz 1038 MHz
    Transistor count 7,200 million 5,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 210.6 83.04
    Floating-point performance 6,738 gflops 2,657 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 192 Bit
    Memory clock speed 8 GB/s 2500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 120 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support + +
    VR Ready +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 6.4
    OpenGL 4.5 4.5
    OpenCL 1.2 1.1
    Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
    CUDA + +
    CUDA cores 1920 1280
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options + +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 314 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 3.0 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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