GeForce GTX 780 and GeForce GTX 970 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 780 vs GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 780
8247
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 780
GeForce GTX 970
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GK110
GM204
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2013
September 2014
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
-
500 Watt
Minimum recommended system power
600 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
One 8-pin and one 6-pin
2x 6-pins
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
900 MHz
1178 MHz
Core clock speed
863 MHz
1050 MHz
CUDA cores
2304
1664
Floating-point performance
4,156 gflops
3,920 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
7,080 million
5,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
1664
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
145 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
95 °C
98 °C
Texture fill rate
160.5 billion/sec
109 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
6008 MHz
7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288.4 GB/s
224 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support
4 displays
4 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
-
+
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.3
4.4
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision
+
-
3D Vision Live
+
-
Blu Ray 3D
+
-
GameStream
-
+
GameWorks
-
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+
GPU Boost
-
2.0
PhysX
+
-