The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING has the GM206-250-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size
2 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the GALAX GeForce GTX 970 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
Base Clock
1.051 GHz
1.050 GHz
Boost Clock
1.228 GHz
1.177 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.19 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
TDP
90 W
145 W
Tjunction max
95 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 90 W.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
1x DP 1.2
DVI
1
2
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
Max. resolution
4096x2160
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the GALAX GeForce GTX 970 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
Length
227 mm
241 mm
Height
117 mm
111 mm
Width
39 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 XTREME GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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