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): 489.884 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) | 489.884 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: 11100 vs 9637
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 792 vs 769
- Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34824 vs 28441
- 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 8.76
- Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 37.443 vs 35.714
- Around 19% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4321 vs 3626
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 | 11100 vs 9637 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 792 vs 769 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 34824 vs 28441 |
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 8.76 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 37.443 vs 35.714 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4321 vs 3626 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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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 | 9637 | 11100 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 769 | 792 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 28441 | 34824 |
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) | 8.76 | 9.194 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.714 | 37.443 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 489.884 | 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 | 3626 | 4321 |
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 | 365 | 366 |
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 |
Multi monitor support | ||
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
HDMI | ||
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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3D Vision | ||
Adaptive Vertical Sync | ||
CUDA | ||
GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce Experience | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost | ||
SLI | ||
Surround | ||
BatteryBoost | ||
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
Optimus |