GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce 256 DDR - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce 256 DDR
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
GM204
NV10 A3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
December 1999
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
AGP 4x
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
120 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
-
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
220 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
17 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
-
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
0.48
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
32 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
300 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
4.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
1x VGA
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
7.0
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.4
1.2
Shader Model
6.4
-
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-