MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU) (Ada Lovelace) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is based on the graphics chip AD107, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip AD107
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
1664 Shader 3072
56 Render Output Units 32
104 Texture Units 96
0 Raytracing Cores 24

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.140 GHz Base Clock 2.295 GHz
1.279 GHz Boost Clock 2.370 GHz
1.25 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking No

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 115 W.

145 W TDP 115 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max Unknown
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type --
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type --
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU) supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports --
1x DP v1.2 DP Ports --
2 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU) needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

277 mm Length --
140 mm Height --
45 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
920 g Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 100ME has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q1/2015.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (Laptop GPU) came on the market in Q1/2023 and will have a structure width of 4 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2015 Release date Q1/2023
349 $ Launch Price --
28 nm Structure size 4 nm
data sheet Documents --

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

2560x1440 (1440p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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