GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 980 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 980
11457
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 980
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GM204
GM204
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
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
500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
2x 6-pins
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
1216 MHz
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
1064 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
2048
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
4,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
5,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
165 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
144 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224 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
VGA аnalog display support
-
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
-
+
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
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
BatteryBoost
-
+
GameStream
+
+
GameWorks
+
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
+
GPU Boost
2.0
2.0
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
-
+
Optimus
-
+