GeForce GTX 970M vs Tesla T4

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 970M and Tesla T4, 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 Tesla T4, 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 Tesla T4
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 970M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Tesla T4 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla T4 has 10 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 970M.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is used in Laptops, and Tesla T4 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Tesla T4 - with Turing.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 339 MHz higher, than Tesla T4.
  • GeForce GTX 970M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Tesla T4 - by 12 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla T4 is 7500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 970M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
GeForce GTX 970M and Tesla T4 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 970M Tesla T4
Architecture Maxwell Turing
Code name GM204 TU104
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 October 2014 13 September 2018
Pipelines 1280 2560
Core clock speed 924 MHz 585 MHz
Boost Clock 1038 MHz 1590 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 12 nm
Texture fill rate 83.04 254.4
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120 GB/s 320.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.5
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA + 7.5
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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