Share

Graphics card overview

GeForce GTX 970

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 970

4096 Mb GDDR5 Released 19 Sep 2014 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 970

Core configuration

GPUGM204
ArchitectureNvidia_Maxwell_2_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs1664 : 104 : 56
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance3494.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size4096 Mb
Memory Bus Width256 bit
Memory Speed1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth224.40 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 970 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 19 Sep 2014. The graphics card houses the GM204 die, based on the Nvidia_Maxwell_2_0 architecture which packs 5,200 million transistors on a 28 nm, 398 mm² die.

GeForce GTX 970 pros and cons

  • 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
GeForce GTX 970 GeForce GTX 970 GeForce GTX 1650 GeForce GTX 1650 Compare Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 570 Compare GeForce GTX 1060 GeForce GTX 1060 Compare Radeon RX 470 Radeon RX 470 Compare
Shader units 1664 896 2048 1280 2048
ROPs 56 32 32 48 32
Graphics processor GM204 TU107 Ellesmere GP106 Ellesmere
Process size 28 nm 12 nm 14 nm 16 nm 14 nm
Memory 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)		 6144 Mb GDDR5 (2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 bit 256 bit 192 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 224.40 Gb/s 128.00 Gb/s 211.20 Gb/s 192.20 Gb/s 211.20 Gb/s
Release date 19 Sep 2014 30 Apr 2019 1 Apr 2017 10 Jul 2016 29 Jun 2016

Benchmarks

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 570 52
  • GeForce GTX 1060 52
  • Radeon RX 470 48
  • GeForce GTX 970 44
  • GeForce GTX 1650 42

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 570 34
  • GeForce GTX 1060 34
  • Radeon RX 470 31
  • GeForce GTX 970 29
  • GeForce GTX 1650 27

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 570 17
  • GeForce GTX 1060 17
  • Radeon RX 470 15
  • GeForce GTX 970 14

FPS (higher is better)