GeForce GTX 970 vs RTX A500 Laptop: graphics card comparison

Performance score

GeForce GTX 970 · 4 GB GDDR5, 145 W

9.75

RTX A500 Laptop · 4 GB GDDR6, 20–60 W

10.72 +10%

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By our estimate, RTX A500 Laptop beats GeForce GTX 970 by 10%.

The score is our own estimate from the specs (core count, clock, architecture), not FPS from benchmarks. 100 = the fastest card in our database.

Real tests

What the test measures

Blender is a popular free 3D graphics program. The test makes the device render three ready-made 3D scenes (light, shadows, reflections) and counts how many render passes it finishes per minute. The higher the number, the faster the device handles heavy work: 3D, video editing, photo processing. On a CPU the test loads all cores at once, so it shows the chip's full power; on a graphics card it shows its compute strength.

GPU rendering (Blender)

GeForce GTX 970

255

faster than 9% of tested · runs: 22

RTX A500 Laptop

648+154 %

faster than 19% of tested · runs: 7

Median of real test runs on users' computers. It does not show FPS in games. Data updated: 31.10.2026.

Overview

	GeForce GTX 970	RTX A500 Laptop
Score (0–100)	9.75	10.72
Ranking position	158	149
Power efficiency (0–100)	32.23	no data
Manufacturer	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Architecture	Maxwell	Ampere

Specifications

	GeForce GTX 970	RTX A500 Laptop
Shader cores	1664	2048
Base clock	1050 MHz	no data
Boost clock	1178 MHz	1537 MHz
FP32 TFLOPS (calculated)	3.92	6.3
Hardware ray tracing	no	yes

Video memory

	GeForce GTX 970	RTX A500 Laptop
VRAM	4 GB	4 GB
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Memory bus	256 bit	64 bit

Power and connection

	GeForce GTX 970	RTX A500 Laptop
Board power	145 W	20–60 W

Pros and cons

GeForce GTX 970

no notable advantages

RTX A500 Laptop

10% higher overall score
has hardware ray tracing

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