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 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 is based on the graphics chip GK208-302-B1, which comes from the Kepler 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Memory Size
4 GB
1 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.253 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
5.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
40 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
64 bit
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 is 5.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.253 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Base Clock
1.101 GHz
0.902 GHz
Boost Clock
1.241 GHz
0.902 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.22 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
No
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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 970 Twin Turbo OC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
TDP
145 W
38 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
Unknown
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 has -- PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 38 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Fan-Type
Radial
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Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Max. Displays
4
3
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
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DVI
1
1
VGA
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1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC.
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Max. resolution
4096x2160
3840x2160
DirectX
12_1
12 (11_1)
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 is 3840x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode
h265 / HEVC
No
No
VP8
Decode
No
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 970 Twin Turbo OC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Length
263 mm
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Height
121 mm
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Width
36 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
1 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 2.0 x 8 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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