NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 165 Watt
- Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 490.688 vs 477.015
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 9566
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 9566
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 148 Watt vs 165 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 490.688 vs 477.015 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11499 vs 9566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3698 vs 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3340 vs 3335 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11499 vs 9566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3698 vs 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3340 vs 3335 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1216 MHz vs 1178 MHz
- Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 109 billion / sec
- Around 23% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1664
- Around 27% better floating-point performance: 4,981 gflops vs 3,920 gflops
- Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11112 vs 9640
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 766
- Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34898 vs 28498
- Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 110.006 vs 105.107
- Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1348.307 vs 1225.96
- Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.194 vs 8.737
- Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 37.443 vs 35.714
- Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 474 vs 369
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Boost clock speed | 1216 MHz vs 1178 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 144 billion / sec vs 109 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1664 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,981 gflops vs 3,920 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 11112 vs 9640 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 791 vs 766 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34898 vs 28498 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 110.006 vs 105.107 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1348.307 vs 1225.96 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 9.194 vs 8.737 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 37.443 vs 35.714 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 474 vs 369 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9640 | 11112 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 766 | 791 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 28498 | 34898 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 105.107 | 110.006 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1225.96 | 1348.307 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.737 | 9.194 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.714 | 37.443 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 490.688 | 477.015 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11499 | 9566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3698 | 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3340 | 3335 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11499 | 9566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3698 | 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3340 | 3335 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 369 | 474 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 | |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | GM204 | GM204 |
| Launch date | 19 September 2014 | 19 September 2014 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $549 |
| Place in performance rating | 371 | 379 |
| Price now | $407.76 | $605.06 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 28.59 | 21.18 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1050 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 1664 | 2048 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,920 gflops | 4,981 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 98 °C | |
| Pipelines | 1664 | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 109 billion / sec | 144 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 148 Watt | 165 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 5,200 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | Internal |
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 |
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| HDCP | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | 2048x1536 |
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| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
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| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | 4.376" (11.1 cm) |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 10.5" (26.7 cm) | 10.5" (26.7 cm) |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | 500 Watt |
| SLI options | 4x | 1 |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pins | 2x 6-pins |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 224 GB / s | 224 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | 7.0 GB/s |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| Adaptive Vertical Sync | ||
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| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
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| Surround | ||
| BatteryBoost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
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