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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.
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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 |
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Is dual GPU | Yes | vs | No | About half of graphics cards are dual GPU | |||
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Much better floating-point performance | 11,466 GFLOPS | vs | 3,494 GFLOPS | More than 3.2x better floating-point performance | |||
Much higher texture rate | 358.4 GTexel/s | vs | 109.2 GTexel/s | More than 3.2x higher texture rate | |||
Significantly more memory | 8,192 MB | vs | 4,096 MB | 2x more memory | |||
Many more shading units | 5,632 | vs | 1,664 | 3968 more shading units | |||
Much higher pixel rate | 130.4 GPixel/s | vs | 58.8 GPixel/s | Around 2.2x higher pixel rate | |||
Many more texture mapping units | 352 | vs | 104 | 248 more texture mapping units | |||
Many more render output processors | 128 | vs | 56 | 72 more render output processors | |||
Much wider memory bus | 1,024 bit | vs | 256 bit | 4x wider memory bus | |||
Better cloud gate factor score | 24.18 | vs | 22.23 | Around 10% better cloud gate factor score | |||
Better face detection score | 116.41 mPixels/s | vs | 105.04 mPixels/s | More than 10% better face detection score | |||
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Significantly higher effective memory clock speed | 7,012 MHz | vs | 5,000 MHz | More than 40% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
Better PassMark score | 8,563 | vs | 7,462 | Around 15% better PassMark score | |||
Significantly higher memory clock speed | 1,753 MHz | vs | 1,250 MHz | More than 40% higher memory clock speed | |||
Much lower TDP | 148W | vs | 500W | 3.4x lower TDP | |||
Better PassMark direct compute score | 4,375 | vs | 3,456 | More than 25% better PassMark direct compute score |
Radeon R9 295X2 | vs | GeForce GTX 970 | ||
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1060 vs RX 580 | ||
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750 Ti vs 960 | ||