
GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 285 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 285
1560
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 285
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GM204
GT200B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
December 2008
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
648 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
240
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
708.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
240
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
204 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
51.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
512 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1242 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
159.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
4 displays
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
2.1
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
-
128bit