GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile vs GTX 970M

Place in the ranking	351	109
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.73	18.18
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GM204	TU104
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 October 2014 (10 years ago)	2 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	1280	3072
Core clock speed	924 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	83.04	299.5
Floating-point processing power	2.657 TFLOPS	9.585 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	64
TMUs	80	192
Tensor Cores	no data	384
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	48

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	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	120 GB/s	448.0 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 outputs	No outputs
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	+

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	-
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-
BatteryBoost	+	-
VR Ready	no data	+
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.140
CUDA	+	7.5

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 970M 14.83

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 39.22
+164%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 970M 9878

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 34876
+253%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 970M 28845

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 69838
+142%

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 970M 7463

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 24960
+234%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 970M 51247

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 141486
+176%

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:

900p	136 −157%	350−400 +157%
Full HD	55 −144%	134 +144%
1440p	25 −268%	92 +268%
4K	21 −205%	64 +205%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24

−196%

65−70
+196%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	42 −133%	98 +133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −179%	65−70 +179%
Battlefield 5	52 −140%	120−130 +140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33 −263%	109 +263%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −196%	65−70 +196%
Far Cry 5	50 −188%	144 +188%
Far Cry New Dawn	48 −227%	157 +227%
Forza Horizon 4	144 −32.6%	190−200 +32.6%
Hitman 3	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −113%	160−170 +113%
Metro Exodus	53 −172%	144 +172%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −195%	121 +195%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	81 −75.3%	140−150 +75.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 −64.1%	120−130 +64.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	53 −56.6%	80−85 +56.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −179%	65−70 +179%
Battlefield 5	44 −184%	120−130 +184%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33 −230%	99 +230%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −196%	65−70 +196%
Far Cry 5	41 −161%	107 +161%
Far Cry New Dawn	37 −216%	117 +216%
Forza Horizon 4	131 −45.8%	190−200 +45.8%
Hitman 3	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −113%	160−170 +113%
Metro Exodus	44 −227%	144 +227%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −122%	91 +122%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −352%	217 +352%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	101 +26.3%	80−85 −26.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 −256%	278 +256%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21 −195%	62 +195%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −179%	65−70 +179%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33 −147%	74 +147%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −196%	65−70 +196%
Far Cry 5	29 −159%	75 +159%
Forza Horizon 4	36 −431%	190−200 +431%
Hitman 3	27−30 −196%	80−85 +196%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −103%	154 +103%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 −281%	183 +281%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26 −296%	103 +296%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 −64.1%	120−130 +64.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45

−161%

107
+161%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	26 −188%	75−80 +188%
Far Cry New Dawn	25 −224%	81 +224%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	17 −235%	57 +235%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −258%	40−45 +258%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −256%	57 +256%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −288%	30−35 +288%
Far Cry 5	19 −195%	56 +195%
Forza Horizon 4	80 −174%	210−220 +174%
Hitman 3	18−20 −178%	50−55 +178%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −303%	121 +303%
Metro Exodus	25 −260%	90 +260%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −407%	137 +407%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −250%	55−60 +250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 −201%	274 +201%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27

−258%

86
+258%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12 −225%	35−40 +225%
Far Cry New Dawn	13 −254%	46 +254%
Hitman 3	10−12 −191%	30−35 +191%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 −145%	180−190 +145%
Metro Exodus	14 −436%	75 +436%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16 −375%	76 +375%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −322%	38 +322%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −386%	34 +386%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −550%	12−14 +550%
Far Cry 5	8 −313%	33 +313%
Forza Horizon 4	6 −800%	50−55 +800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −457%	78 +457%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −233%	20−22 +233%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−277%

49
+277%

This is how GTX 970M and RTX 2080 Super Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 157% faster in 900p
RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 144% faster in 1080p
RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 268% faster in 1440p
RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 205% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 970M is 26% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 970M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 2080 Super Mobile is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.83	39.22
Recency	7 October 2014	2 April 2020
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm

RTX 2080 Super Mobile has a 164.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 970M in performance tests.

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