GeForce GTX 970M vs GTX 770

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 770 with GeForce GTX 970M, including specs and performance data.

GTX 770
2013
2 GB GDDR5, 230 Watt
15.36
+3.6%

GTX 770 outperforms GTX 970M by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking346356
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.29no data
Power efficiency4.5812.54
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGK104GM204
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 May 2013 (11 years ago)7 October 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $2,560.89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 770 and GTX 970M have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15361280
Core clock speed1046 MHz924 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHz1038 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Wattunknown
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate138.983.04
Floating-point processing power3.333 TFLOPS2.657 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs12880

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0PCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Minimum recommended system power600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone
SLI options-+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.3 GB/s120 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
VGA аnalog display supportno data+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno data+
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support-+
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
PhysX+-
GameStream-+
GeForce ShadowPlay-+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorks-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+
3D Vision Live+-
BatteryBoost-+
Anselno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.34.5
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 770 15.36
+3.6%
GTX 970M 14.82

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 770 5918
+3.7%
GTX 970M 5709

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 770 8150
+9.2%
GTX 970M 7463

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 770 17953
GTX 970M 19031
+6%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 770 17717
+4.6%
GTX 970M 16936

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 770 13785
GTX 970M 17191
+24.7%

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

GTX 770 57
+11.8%
GTX 970M 51

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p140−150
+2.9%
136
−2.9%
Full HD55−60
−1.8%
56
+1.8%
1440p27−30
+0%
27
+0%
4K21−24
+0%
21
+0%

Cost per frame, $

1080p7.2545.73
1440p14.7894.85
4K19.00121.95

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 42
+0%
42
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Battlefield 5 52
+0%
52
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 50
+0%
50
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 48
+0%
48
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 144
+0%
144
+0%
Hitman 3 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Metro Exodus 53
+0%
53
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 81
+0%
81
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
+0%
53
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Battlefield 5 44
+0%
44
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 41
+0%
41
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 37
+0%
37
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 131
+0%
131
+0%
Hitman 3 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Metro Exodus 44
+0%
44
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 101
+0%
101
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21
+0%
21
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 29
+0%
29
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 36
+0%
36
+0%
Hitman 3 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
+0%
26
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 26
+0%
26
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 25
+0%
25
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 17
+0%
17
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry 5 19
+0%
19
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 80
+0%
80
+0%
Hitman 3 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Metro Exodus 25
+0%
25
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12
+0%
12
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 13
+0%
13
+0%
Hitman 3 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Metro Exodus 14
+0%
14
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
+0%
16
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 8
+0%
8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 6
+0%
6
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

This is how GTX 770 and GTX 970M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 770 is 3% faster in 900p
  • GTX 970M is 2% faster in 1080p
  • A tie in 1440p
  • A tie in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.36 14.82
Recency 30 May 2013 7 October 2014
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB

GTX 770 has a 3.6% higher aggregate performance score.

GTX 970M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GTX 770 and GeForce GTX 970M.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 770 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 970M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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