Gainward GeForce GTX 970
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Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the Gainward GeForce GTX 970. The graphics card is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s. The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 has 13 execution units with 1664 shaders.
FP32
3.92TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.18GHz
Memory
4GB GDDR5
TDP
145 W

Technical details

GPU

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 3.92 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
GM204-200-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)
Streaming Multiprocessors
13
Shader
1664
Render Output Units
56
Texture Units
104

Memory

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 can use 4 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s on a 256 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit

Clock Speeds

The base clock frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 is 1.051 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock
1.051 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

TDP
145 W-2 %
Tjunction max
98 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 has a total of 1 Radial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the Gainward GeForce GTX 970.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 has a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_1 standard.

Max. resolution
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
Raytracing
No
DLSS / FSR
No
LED
No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

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

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 is 247 mm long and 112 mm high. With a width of --, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length
247 mm
Height
112 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 made in 28 nm was published in Q3/2014 for 299 $.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q3/2014
Launch Price
299 $
Structure size
28 nm
Part-no
426018336-3354
Documents
data sheet
Gainward GeForce GTX 970
1.051 GHz · 4 GB · 145 W TDP
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Benchmark results

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 Rank 4,816 / 5,255

  1. Gainward GeForce GTX 970Gainward GeForce GTX 9704 GB GDDR5
    26,734
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970Average of gpu group
    28,861

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,792 / 5,233

  1. Gainward GeForce GTX 970Gainward GeForce GTX 9704 GB GDDR5
    31,845
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970Average of gpu group
    33,683

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 15 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.

110GPU points (Ø)
Rank 170 / 390 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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