GeForce GTX 970M vs HD Graphics (Arrandale GMA HD)
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970M |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider HD Graphics (Arrandale GMA HD) |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970M
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970M | | HD Graphics (Arrandale GMA HD) | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (N16E-GT-A2) | vs | Arrandale () |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 45 nm |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | vs | 0 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,200 million | vs | 177 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 12 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 0 |
| Core clock | 1038 MHz | vs | 166 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 4 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970M | | HD Graphics (Arrandale GMA HD) | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | System Shared |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | System Shared |
| Memory Speed | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective | vs | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 0 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 970M | | HD Graphics (Arrandale GMA HD) | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 35 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Oct 2014 | vs | 10 Jan 2010 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better