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Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 based on its gaming, benchmarks and compute performance.
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GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 980M vs 970 among all GPUs
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 | |
Noise and Power | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
| 7.2 | Overall Score |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| More memory | 8,192 MB | vs | 4,096 MB | 2x more memory | |||
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| Slightly higher pixel rate | 66.4 GPixel/s | vs | 58.8 GPixel/s | Around 15% higher pixel rate | |||
| More render output processors | 64 | vs | 56 | 8 more render output processors | |||
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| Better PassMark score | 8,563 | vs | 5,711 | Around 50% better PassMark score | |||
| Higher effective memory clock speed | 7,012 MHz | vs | 5,012 MHz | Around 40% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Better 3DMark06 score | 15,071 | vs | 12,562 | Around 20% better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Higher memory bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | vs | 160.4 GB/s | Around 40% higher memory bandwidth | |||
| Significantly higher memory clock speed | 1,753 MHz | vs | 1,253 MHz | Around 40% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Better PassMark direct compute score | 4,375 | vs | 3,460 | More than 25% better PassMark direct compute score | |||
| Higher BioShock infinite framerate | 107.6 fps | vs | 90.9 fps | Around 20% higher BioShock infinite framerate | |||
| Higher battlefield 4 framerate | 88.6 | vs | 71.7 | Around 25% higher battlefield 4 framerate | |||
| Slightly better face detection score | 105.04 mPixels/s | vs | 92.63 mPixels/s | Around 15% better face detection score | |||
| Higher crysis 3 framerate | 50.6 fps | vs | 43.25 fps | More than 15% higher crysis 3 framerate | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 980M vs 970
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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