GeForce 9700M GT vs GTX 980 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 Ti with GeForce 9700M GT, including specs and performance data.

GTX 980 Ti
2015
6 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
35.78
+6526%

GTX 980 Ti outperforms 9700M GT by a whopping 6526% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1331217
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.27no data
Power efficiency9.910.83
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGM200G96
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 June 2015 (9 years ago)29 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 no data

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 cores281632
Core clock speed1000 MHz625 MHz
Boost clock speed1075 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,000 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate189.410.00
Floating-point processing power6.06 TFLOPS0.0992 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data148
ROPs968
TMUs17616

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 sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-II
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB512 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s800 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.5 GB/s25.6 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2No outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA++

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 980 Ti 35.78
+6526%
9700M GT 0.54

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 980 Ti 13808
+6538%
9700M GT 208

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 980 Ti 48631
+2680%
9700M GT 1750

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 HD99
+9800%
1−2
−9800%
1440p490−1
4K530−1

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.56no data
1440p13.24no data
4K12.25no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+1967%
3−4
−1967%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+1800%
4−5
−1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65 0−1
Battlefield 5 110−120
+11500%
1−2
−11500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
+2333%
3−4
−2333%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+1967%
3−4
−1967%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+7800%
1−2
−7800%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
+8900%
1−2
−8900%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+9000%
2−3
−9000%
Hitman 3 75−80
+1420%
5−6
−1420%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+1420%
10−11
−1420%
Metro Exodus 110−120
+11600%
1−2
−11600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
+8500%
1−2
−8500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+2050%
6−7
−2050%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+310%
30−33
−310%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+1800%
4−5
−1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65 0−1
Battlefield 5 47 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
+2333%
3−4
−2333%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+1967%
3−4
−1967%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+7800%
1−2
−7800%
Far Cry New Dawn 36
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+9000%
2−3
−9000%
Hitman 3 75−80
+1420%
5−6
−1420%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+1420%
10−11
−1420%
Metro Exodus 49 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
+8500%
1−2
−8500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+2050%
6−7
−2050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 155
+1450%
10−11
−1450%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+310%
30−33
−310%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 46
+1050%
4−5
−1050%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
+2333%
3−4
−2333%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+1967%
3−4
−1967%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+7800%
1−2
−7800%
Forza Horizon 4 72
+7100%
1−2
−7100%
Hitman 3 75−80
+1420%
5−6
−1420%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+1420%
10−11
−1420%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+2050%
6−7
−2050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 59
+490%
10−11
−490%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+310%
30−33
−310%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
+8500%
1−2
−8500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+6700%
1−2
−6700%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+5400%
1−2
−5400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+6700%
3−4
−6700%
Hitman 3 45−50
+650%
6−7
−650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+2467%
3−4
−2467%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+6600%
1−2
−6600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+8400%
1−2
−8400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 180−190
+18100%
1−2
−18100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+1933%
3−4
−1933%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 29 0−1
Hitman 3 27−30 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+8450%
2−3
−8450%
Metro Exodus 35 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12 0−1
Far Cry 5 21−24 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 42 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%

This is how GTX 980 Ti and 9700M GT compete in popular games:

  • GTX 980 Ti is 9800% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 980 Ti is 18100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 980 Ti surpassed 9700M GT in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.78 0.54
Recency 2 June 2015 29 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 45 Watt

GTX 980 Ti has a 6525.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

9700M GT, on the other hand, has 455.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9700M GT in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce 9700M GT is a notebook one.


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

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