NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

nvidia

Brand

4GB GDDR5

Memory

1664

Cores

224.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 970

N/A Sep 2014 View Details

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

2816

Cores

336.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

N/A Jun 2015 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

4GB GDDR5 148W N/A Sep 2014

GeForce GTX 970

$329 • Sep 2014

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

$649 • Jun 2015

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

6GB GDDR5 250W N/A Jun 2015

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

3574

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

6010 (+68%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

28989

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

49950 (+72%)

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)

46.8 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

73.4 FPS (+57%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

9637

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

13771 (+43%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)

Valkyria Chronicles 4

8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy • SEGA

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+54%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+55%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 137 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+54%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

Winner

Loser

Pathfinder Kingmaker

8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG • Owlcat Games

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+31%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+54%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+55%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dying Light Bad Blood

7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access • Techland

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+55%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+51%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+55%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Immortal Unchained

8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Toadman Interactive

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+53%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+51%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+52%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Shadows Awakening

8.3 2018 • Action, RPG • Games Farm

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+53%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+56%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+52%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Strange Brigade

7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+53%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+51%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+54%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Wins!

Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 970

+52.5%

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti