NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 970

nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores336.6 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 980 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
$649 • Jun 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 148 W | 250 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1076 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 336.6 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 1664 | 2816 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 104 | 176 |
| ROPs | 56 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 65.97 GPixel/s | 103.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 336.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.92 GFLOPS | 6.06 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 5200 Million | 8000 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)



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Strange Brigade
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Wins!
Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
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