KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition
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KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition Benchmark and Specs

All technical data and various benchmarks of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition are listed on this page. The graphics card is based on the GM204-200-A1 (Maxwell 2.0) graphics chip, which is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nm. The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition can operate up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 become.
FP32
4.42TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.33GHz
Memory
4GB GDDR5
TDP
145 W

Technical details

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition has 13 execution units with 1664 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 4.42 TFLOPS.

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

Memory

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition is equipped with 4 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The memory clock of the graphics card is 1.753 GHz and the speed is 7.01 Gbps.

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 frequency of this graphics card is 1.178 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.329 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock
1.178 GHz+12 %
Boost Clock
1.329 GHz+13 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.

TDP
145 W-2 %
Tjunction max
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition are cooled by a Air cooling.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

Up to 4 monitors can be operated with the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
DVI
2

Featureset

With the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels. Furthermore, the DirectX standard version 12_1 is supported.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists the video codecs that the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition can decode or encode in hardware in order to minimize the processor load, which leads to lower power consumption.

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

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 271 mm long, 124 mm high and 41 mm wide.

Length
271 mm
Height
124 mm
Width
41 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition was released in Q1/2016 at a price of 349 $. The graphics card manufactured in 28 nm is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q1/2016
Launch Price
349 $
Structure size
28 nm
Part-no
97NQH6DNH8FL
Documents
data sheet
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 Black EXOC Sniper Edition
1.178 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 4,762 / 5,255

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    30,144
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970Average of gpu group
    28,861

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,555 / 5,233

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    35,907
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970Average of gpu group
    33,683

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 33 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.

106GPU points (Ø)
Rank 206 / 479 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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