NVIDIA · 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is a graphics card released in 2014, based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is a graphics card released on September 18, 2014, with a launch MSRP of $329. It is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and uses the GM204-200 GPU chip fabricated on a 28 nm process. The card features 1664 shading units, a base clock of 1050 MHz, and a boost clock of 1178 MHz. It has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 224.3 GB/s. The board power (TDP) is 145 W, and it connects via a PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. It supports DirectX 12.0 (12_1) and OpenGL 4.6. The GeForce GTX 970 succeeded the GeForce GTX 770 and was succeeded by the GeForce GTX 1070.
Benchmarks
| PassMark G3D Mark | 9,688 |
|---|---|
| PassMark G2D Mark | 781 |
| Geekbench 5 CUDA | 25,908 |
| Geekbench 5 Metal | 13,595 |
| Geekbench 5 OpenCL | 29,153 |
| Geekbench 5 Vulkan | 34,107 |
| Blender Open Data score | 271.8 samples/min |
| Nero Score AVC encode | 4,116 fps |
Specifications
| Architecture unverified | Maxwell 2.0 |
|---|---|
| GPU chip unverified | GM204-200 |
| Process node unverified | 28 nm |
| Shading units | 1664 |
| Base clock unverified | 1050 MHz |
| Boost clock unverified | 1178 MHz |
| Memory size unverified | 4 GB |
| Memory type unverified | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus unverified | 256 bit |
| Memory bandwidth unverified | 224.3 GB/s |
| Board power (TDP) unverified | 145 W |
| Bus interface unverified | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX support unverified | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenGL support unverified | 4.6 |
| Release date unverified | 2014-09-18 |
| Release year unverified | 2014 |
| Launch MSRP unverified | 329 USD |
| Successor unverified | GeForce GTX 1070 |
| Predecessor unverified | GeForce GTX 770 |