GeForce 9200M vs GTX 970M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 970M SLI and GeForce 9200M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 970M SLI
2014
2x 6 GB GDDR5, 162 Watt
24.40
+6495%

GTX 970M SLI outperforms 9200M by a whopping 6495% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2281271
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.332.11
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameno dataC79
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 October 2014 (10 years ago)15 October 2008 (16 years ago)

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 cores256016
Core clock speed924 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHzno data
Number of transistors2x 5200 Million314 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)162 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rateno data3.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0384 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2x 6 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width2x 192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed5000 MHzSystem Shared
Shared memory-+

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA+-

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:

Full HD86
+8500%
1−2
−8500%
4K400−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45 0−1
Battlefield 5 80−85
+7900%
1−2
−7900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 0−1
Far Cry 5 55−60 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+7050%
2−3
−7050%
Hitman 3 45−50 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+11200%
1−2
−11200%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+8300%
1−2
−8300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+10100%
1−2
−10100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45 0−1
Battlefield 5 80−85
+7900%
1−2
−7900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 0−1
Far Cry 5 55−60 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+7050%
2−3
−7050%
Hitman 3 45−50 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+11200%
1−2
−11200%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+8300%
1−2
−8300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 136
+6700%
2−3
−6700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+10100%
1−2
−10100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 0−1
Far Cry 5 55−60 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+7050%
2−3
−7050%
Hitman 3 45−50 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+11200%
1−2
−11200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+8100%
1−2
−8100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 48 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+10100%
1−2
−10100%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16 0−1
Far Cry 5 27−30 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+6850%
2−3
−6850%
Hitman 3 27−30 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55 0−1
Metro Exodus 45−50 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+6800%
2−3
−6800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45 0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20 0−1
Hitman 3 18−20 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+12400%
1−2
−12400%
Metro Exodus 27−30 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 28 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7 0−1
Far Cry 5 12−14 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 30−35 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24 0−1

This is how GTX 970M SLI and GeForce 9200M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 970M SLI is 8500% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.40 0.37
Recency 7 October 2014 15 October 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 162 Watt 12 Watt

GTX 970M SLI has a 6494.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 9200M, on the other hand, has 1250% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 970M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9200M in performance tests.


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