GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 960 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 960
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GM204
GM206
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
January 2015
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
400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
1x 6-pins
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
1178 MHz
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
1127 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
1024
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
2,940 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
72 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
112 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.4
4.4
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
+
GameStream
+
+
GameWorks
+
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
+
GPU Boost
2.0
2.0