GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 vs GTX 970M SLI

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking228not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.33no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameno dataGP104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 October 2014 (10 years ago)25 December 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

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 cores25601152
Core clock speed924 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz1708 MHz
Number of transistors2x 5200 Million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)162 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rateno data123.0
Floating-point processing powerno data3.935 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data72

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin
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 amount2x 6 GB3 GB
Memory bus width2x 192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.2 GB/s
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 data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

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_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA+6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 October 2014 25 December 2016
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 162 Watt 120 Watt

GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 35% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 970M SLI and GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 970M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 is a desktop one.


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