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Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 based on its benchmarks, compute performance and noise and power.
See full details | GeForce GTX 970 vs 680 |
by techPowerUp!MSI's GTX 970 Gaming is available online for $350, which is a $20 price premium for the overclock out of the box and the improved cooler.
by techPowerUp! (Apr, 2012)Overall decent overclocking, it is nice to see that there is still some additional headroom for overclocking, despite the out of the large box overclock.
Gaming | |
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Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more |
Graphics | |
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T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more |
Computing | |
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Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more |
Performance per Watt | |
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Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more |
Value | |
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Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more |
Noise and Power | |
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TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more |
7.4 | Overall Score |
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Winner |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970GPUBoss Winner | ![]() | |
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Significantly better PassMark score | 8,563 | vs | 5,693 | More than 50% better PassMark score | |||
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More memory | 4,096 MB | vs | 2,048 MB | 2x more memory | |||
Higher effective memory clock speed | 7,012 MHz | vs | 6,008 MHz | More than 15% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
Higher pixel rate | 58.8 GPixel/s | vs | 32.2 GPixel/s | Around 85% higher pixel rate | |||
Higher memory bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | vs | 192.3 GB/s | More than 15% higher memory bandwidth | |||
Significantly more render output processors | 56 | vs | 32 | 24 more render output processors | |||
Significantly higher BioShock infinite framerate | 107.6 fps | vs | 64.7 fps | More than 65% higher BioShock infinite framerate | |||
Better fire strike factor score | 72.7 | vs | 60.74 | Around 20% better fire strike factor score | |||
Higher crysis 3 framerate | 50.6 fps | vs | 36.8 fps | Around 40% higher crysis 3 framerate | |||
Better PassMark direct compute score | 4,375 | vs | 2,928 | Around 50% better PassMark direct compute score | |||
Higher memory clock speed | 1,753 MHz | vs | 1,502 MHz | More than 15% higher memory clock speed | |||
Higher turbo clock speed | 1,178 MHz | vs | 1,058 MHz | More than 10% higher turbo clock speed | |||
Higher battlefield 4 framerate | 88.6 | vs | 64.3 | Around 40% higher battlefield 4 framerate | |||
Lower TDP | 148W | vs | 195W | Around 25% lower TDP | |||
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Much better 3DMark06 score | 26,525.5 | vs | 15,071 | More than 75% better 3DMark06 score | |||
Better video composition score | 72.95 frames/s | vs | 36.64 frames/s | Around 2x better video composition score | |||
Higher texture rate | 128.8 GTexel/s | vs | 109.2 GTexel/s | Around 20% higher texture rate | |||
More texture mapping units | 128 | vs | 104 | 24 more texture mapping units |
GeForce GTX 970 | vs | 680 | ||
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