GeForce GTX 970M vs Quadro FX 4800

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 970M and Quadro FX 4800, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 970M stacks up against Quadro FX 4800, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 970M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 970M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 970M Quadro FX 4800
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1536 MB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce GTX 970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro FX 4800 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro FX 4800 has 1530 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 970M.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is used in Laptops, and Quadro FX 4800 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro FX 4800 - with Tesla 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 322 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 4800.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro FX 4800 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 900 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 4800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 2−3
ultra / 1080p 21−24 0−1
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 12−14
medium / 1080p 40−45 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than Quadro FX 4800.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 970M Quadro FX 4800
Architecture Maxwell Tesla 2.0
Code name GM204 GT200B
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 October 2014 11 November 2008
Pipelines 1280 192
Core clock speed 924 MHz 602 MHz
Boost Clock 1038 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 83.04 38.53
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops 462.3 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 6.4 4.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA + 1.3
CUDA cores 1280
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 314 Mh/s
Laptop size large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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