GeForce GTX 980 Ti and GeForce GTX 970 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
14228
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GeForce GTX 970
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GM200
GM204
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2015
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)
600 Watt
500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin + 8-pin
2x 6-pins
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1075 MHz
1178 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
1050 MHz
CUDA cores
2816
1664
Floating-point performance
6,060 gflops
3,920 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
8,000 million
5,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
1664
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
145 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
176 billion/sec
109 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.5 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
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
4.5
4.4
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
GameStream
+
+
GameWorks
+
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
+
GPU Boost
2.0
2.0