NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM204GPU NameGK104
N16E-GT-A2Model numberGK104-200-KD-A2
Maxwell 2.0ArchitectureKepler
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
5,200 millionTransistors3,540 million
398 mm²Die Size294 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 7th, 2014Release DateAug 22nd, 2012
GeForce 900MFamilyGeForce 600
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 800MPredecessorGeForce 500
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

3 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
120.3 GB/sBandwidth179.2 GB/s

Performance

49.82 GPixel/sPixel fillrate21.31 GPixel/s
83.04 GTexel/sTexture fillrate85.25 GTexel/s
2.657 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.046 TFLOPS
83.04 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance85.25 GFLOPS (1:24)

Clock Speeds

924 MHzBase Clock823 MHz
1038 MHzBoost Clock888 MHz
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1400 MHz
5.6 Gbps effective

Render Config

1280Shading Units1152
80TMUs96
48ROPs32
48 KB (per SMM)L1 Cache16 KB (per SMX)
1536 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)130 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin
P2754 SKU 2 / 5Board NumberP2004

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (11_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.1Vulkan1.1
6.4Shader Model5.1
5.2CUDA3.0