GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 680 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 680
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 680
5721
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 680
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
GM204
GK104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
March 2012
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
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
Two 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
1058 MHz
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
1006 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
1536
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
3,540 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
1536
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
195 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
128.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2048 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
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 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.4
4.2
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-