PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC
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PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC Benchmark and Specs

All technical data and various benchmarks of the PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC 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 PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC can operate up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 become.
FP32
4.21TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.27GHz
Memory
4GB GDDR5
TDP
145 W

Technical details

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC has 13 execution units with 1664 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 4.21 TFLOPS.

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

Memory

The PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC 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 1.127 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.266 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock
1.127 GHz+7 %
Boost Clock
1.266 GHz+7 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC is powered by 2 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC are cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 monitors can be operated with the PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC.

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

Featureset

With the PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC 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 PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC 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 PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 255 mm long, 126 mm high and 41 mm wide.

Length
255 mm
Height
126 mm
Width
41 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC was released in Q3/2015 at a price of 329 $. 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
Q3/2015
Launch Price
329 $
Structure size
28 nm
Part-no
KF970GTX4GEPB
PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC
1.127 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 4,792 / 5,255

  1. PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OCPNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC4 GB GDDR5
    28,712
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970Average of gpu group
    28,861

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,715 / 5,233

  1. PNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OCPNY GeForce GTX 970 XLR8 OC4 GB GDDR5
    34,201
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970Average of gpu group
    33,683

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 1 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.

112GPU points (Ø)
Rank 80 / 168 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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