NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 is a high end desktop graphics card based on the Maxwell architecture. As the faster GTX 980, the GTX 970 uses the GM204 chip, but with reduced shaders (2048 vs. 1664) and TMUs (128 vs 103). The graphics card is equipped with 4 GB GDDR5 (7 GHz effective). 3.5 GB of the 4 GB are connected with 224 Bit, the rest only with a 32 Bit interface. This can lead to some stuttering or reduced frame rates in games that use the full 4 GB. The similar named mobile GeForce GTX 970M is clearly slower as it features only 1280 shader cores.
Despite the unique memory configuration, the GTX 970 performs on average on par with the older GeForce GTX 780 Ti or a AMD Radeon R9 290X .
The GM204 supports CUDA, 3D Vision, PhysX, GeForce Experience, Surround, GameStream, GPU Boost 2.0, Adaptive Vertical Sync / G-SYNC, SLI, DSR, MFAA and Virtual Reality latency improvements.
The Maxwell architecture is very power efficient. While gaming, the card only uses as much power as the Radeon R9 285 which is more than 35% slower on average.
GeForce GTX 900 Series Codename GM204 Architecture Maxwell Pipelines 1664 - unified Core Speed 1050 - 1178 (Boost) MHz Memory Speed 3500 MHz Memory Bus Width 224 + 32 Bit Memory Type GDDR5 Max. Amount of Memory 4 GB Shared Memory no API DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5 Power Consumption 145 Watt Transistor Count 5.2 Billion technology 28 nm Features CUDA, 3D Vision, PhysX, GeForce Experience, Surround, GameStream, GPU Boost 2.0, Adaptive Vertical Sync, G-SYNC, SLI Date of Announcement 19.09.2014 Link to Manufacturer Page www.geforce.com
Benchmarks Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
5.5 pt (16%)
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3693 Points (11%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
3544 Points (9%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 3544
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
422295 Points (48%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 422295
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min: 23657 avg: 25575 median: 25575 (27%) max: 27493 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 9399 avg: 9713 median: 9434 (17%) max: 10307 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 11155 avg: 11802 median: 11954 (13%) max: 12296 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 12033 avg: 13207 median: 13249 (18%) max: 14339 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 15071 avg: 15780 median: 16033 (14%) max: 16237 Points
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3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
42263 Points (12%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 42263
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46855 Points (27%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 46855
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
37107 Points (48%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024) 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 37107
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Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
59.1 fps (19%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 59.1
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
64.9 fps (22%)
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Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
141.6 fps (8%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
217 fps (24%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 217
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GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
297 fps (6%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 297
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
396 fps (23%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 396
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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
823 fps (7%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 823
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
1874 Samples/s (8%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 1874
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
3020 Samples/s (5%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 3020
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
8549 points (9%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 8549
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
316 Watt (45%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 316
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
267 Watt (37%)
Model CPU GPU RAM Value MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC 4790K GeForce GTX 970 1253 / 1753 MHz 4 GB 16 GB 267
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
0.2 fps per Watt (13%)
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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58.1 [X] MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC Intel Core i7-7740X 4.3GHz
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61 [X] MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC Intel Core i7-7740X 4.3GHz
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Extreme Preset 16xAF TAA 3840x2160
21.8 [X] MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC Intel Core i7-4790K 4GHz
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42.5 [X] MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC Intel Core i7-4790K 4GHz
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27.9 [X] MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC Intel Core i7-4790K 4GHz
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27.3 [X] MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 970 Desktop PC Intel Core i7-4790K 4GHz
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