Nvidia GeForce GTX 970

Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
  • Brand: Nvidia
  • Cores: 1664
  • Form Factor: PC use
  • Use case: Gaming
  • Announced: September, 19, 2014

Review

Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Benchmark Tests

Performance comparison across tasks for Nvidia GeForce GTX 970

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
28989
Background Blur77.1 frames/s
Face Detection38.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.28 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.08 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.17 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching92.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2443 fps
APIOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
9638
G2D Mark766
DirectX 1171 fps
DirectX 1241 fps
GPU Compute4083 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
46.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)275.6 fps
Car Chase273.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)237.9 fps
T-Rex1112.2 fps
ALU 25981 fps
Driver Overhead 2250.7 fps
APIOpenGL
OSWindows
Tessellation1804.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia
Build Discrete
Announced September, 19, 2014
Form Factor PC use
Use case Gaming
Segment Mid-range
Architecture Maxwell 2.0
Codename GM204
Price 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1050 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1178 MHz
Shader Units 1664
TMUs 104
ROPs 56
Execution Units 13
Ray Tracing Cores No
Tensor Cores No
L1 cache 48 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 66 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 148 W
Process TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm
Transistor Size 398 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion
Transistor density 12.56 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz
Bus 256 bit
ECC support No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
224.4 GB/s

API

DirectX 12
Vulkan 1.3
OpenGL 4.6
CUDA 5.2
DisplayPort 1.2
Ray Tracing No
DLSS No

User Rating

4.5 out 5 Points (2 Votes)

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