GeForce RTX 4090 D vs GTX 970M SLI

Place in the ranking	228	2
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	17.27
Power efficiency	10.33	14.79
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	no data	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2014 (10 years ago)	28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	2560	14592
Core clock speed	924 MHz	2280 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	2x 5200 Million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	162 Watt	425 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1,149
Floating-point processing power	no data	73.54 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	176
TMUs	no data	456
Tensor Cores	no data	456
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	114

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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2x 6 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	2x 192 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1,008 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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.

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

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 HD	86 −249%	300−350 +249%
4K	40 −275%	150−160 +275%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	5.33
4K	no data	10.66

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

40−45
−275%

150−160

+275%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −258%	190−200 +258%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −266%	150−160 +266%
Battlefield 5	80−85 −275%	300−310 +275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −260%	180−190 +260%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −275%	150−160 +275%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −275%	210−220 +275%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 −275%	240−250 +275%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −250%	500−550 +250%
Hitman 3	45−50 −267%	180−190 +267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −254%	400−450 +254%
Metro Exodus	80−85 −257%	300−310 +257%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 −275%	240−250 +275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −266%	300−310 +266%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −243%	350−400 +243%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −258%	190−200 +258%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −266%	150−160 +266%
Battlefield 5	80−85 −275%	300−310 +275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −260%	180−190 +260%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −275%	150−160 +275%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −275%	210−220 +275%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 −275%	240−250 +275%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −250%	500−550 +250%
Hitman 3	45−50 −267%	180−190 +267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −254%	400−450 +254%
Metro Exodus	80−85 −257%	300−310 +257%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 −275%	240−250 +275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −266%	300−310 +266%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	136 −268%	500−550 +268%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −243%	350−400 +243%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −258%	190−200 +258%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −266%	150−160 +266%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −260%	180−190 +260%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −275%	150−160 +275%
Far Cry 5	55−60 −275%	210−220 +275%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 −250%	500−550 +250%
Hitman 3	45−50 −267%	180−190 +267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 −254%	400−450 +254%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 −266%	300−310 +266%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	48 −275%	180−190 +275%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −243%	350−400 +243%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

60−65
−275%

240−250

+275%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −270%	170−180 +270%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −251%	130−140 +251%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −260%	90−95 +260%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −275%	90−95 +275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −257%	100−105 +257%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −267%	55−60 +267%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −257%	100−105 +257%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 −260%	500−550 +260%
Hitman 3	27−30 −245%	100−105 +245%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −260%	180−190 +260%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −270%	170−180 +270%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −258%	190−200 +258%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 −267%	110−120 +267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 −262%	500−550 +262%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45
−266%

150−160

+266%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −275%	90−95 +275%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −268%	70−75 +268%
Hitman 3	18−20 −268%	70−75 +268%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 −260%	450−500 +260%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −270%	100−105 +270%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	28 −257%	100−105 +257%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −267%	55−60 +267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −264%	120−130 +264%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −245%	100−105 +245%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

−257%

75−80
+257%

This is how GTX 970M SLI and RTX 4090 D compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 D is 249% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 D is 275% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	24.40	91.70
Recency	7 October 2014	28 December 2023
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	162 Watt	425 Watt

GTX 970M SLI has 162.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has a 275.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 970M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 970M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 D is a desktop one.

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