GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC
vs
Colorful GeForce GT730K 2GD3-V


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The Colorful GeForce GT730K 2GD3-V is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 (Kepler 2.0) and has 2 GB DDR3 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 11 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The Colorful GeForce GT730K 2GD3-V is based on the graphics chip GK208-302-B1, which comes from the Kepler 2.0 architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC GPU Colorful GeForce GT730K 2GD3-V
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip GK208-302-B1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Kepler 2.0
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 2
1664 Shader 384
56 Render Output Units 8
104 Texture Units 32
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Colorful GeForce GT730K 2GD3-V is 1.3 Gbps and the clock speed is 0.667 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type DDR3
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 0.667 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.3 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 11 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.101 GHz Base Clock 0.902 GHz
1.241 GHz Boost Clock 0.902 GHz
1.22 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking No

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.

The Colorful GeForce GT730K 2GD3-V has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 38 W.

145 W TDP 38 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max Unknown
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The Colorful GeForce GT730K 2GD3-V has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC.

The Colorful GeForce GT730K 2GD3-V supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 3
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v1.4b
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports --
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports 1
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Colorful GeForce GT730K 2GD3-V is 3840x2160 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 3840x2160
12_1 DirectX 12 (11_1)
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode
No h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
No VP9 No

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Colorful GeForce GT730K 2GD3-V needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 2.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

263 mm Length --
121 mm Height --
36 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 2.0 x 8

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q3/2015.

The Colorful GeForce GT730K 2GD3-V came on the market in Q2/2014 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N970TTOC-4GD Part-no --
Q3/2015 Release date Q2/2014
329 $ Launch Price 59 $
28 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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