NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM204GPU NameGK104
N16E-GT-A2Model numberN13E-GTX-A2
Maxwell 2.0ArchitectureKepler
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
5,200 millionTransistors3,540 million
398 mm²Die Size294 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 7th, 2014Release DateJun 4th, 2012
GeForce 900MFamilyGeForce 600M
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 800MPredecessorGeForce 500M
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)

Memory

3 GBMemory Size4 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
120.3 GB/sBandwidth115.2 GB/s

Performance

49.82 GPixel/sPixel fillrate21.22 GPixel/s
83.04 GTexel/sTexture fillrate84.90 GTexel/s
2.657 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.038 TFLOPS
83.04 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance84.90 GFLOPS (1:24)

Clock Speeds

924 MHzBase Clock719 MHz
1038 MHzBoost Clock758 MHz
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock900 MHz
3.6 Gbps effective

Render Config

1280Shading Units1344
80TMUs112
48ROPs32
48 KB (per SMM)L1 Cache16 KB (per SMX)
1536 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthMXM Module
unknownThermal design power (TDP)100 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs
NonePower ConnectorsNone
P2754 SKU 2 / 5Board NumberP2051B

API support

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