Playstation 5 Pro GPU vs GeForce GTX 970M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	354	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.66	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GM204	Oberon Plus
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2014 (10 years ago)	7 November 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	3840
Core clock speed	924 MHz	2800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	10,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	180 Watt
Texture fill rate	83.04	672.0
Floating-point processing power	2.657 TFLOPS	21.5 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	64
TMUs	80	240

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
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	no data
Length	no data	390 mm
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	16 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
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	+	-
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	N/A
Shader Model	6.4	N/A
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 October 2014	7 November 2024
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm

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