1. Home
  2. Catalog
  3. Nvidia
  4. Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB

Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB

Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB
SKU: Nvidia-GTX-970-4GB
Brand: Nvidia
Category: Graphics Cards
  • Cores: 1664 CUDA CORES
  • Base Clock: 1050 MHz
  • Boost Clock: 1178 MHz
  • Memory: 4GB GDDR5
  • VR Ready: YES
  • Resolutions Supported: 4096 x 2160

GPUSpecs's Rating

The rating given by GPUSpecs

7.8
  • Speed 8 / 10
  • Price 8 / 10
  • Performance 8 / 10
  • Design 7 / 10

Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Features

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 features 1664 CUDA CORES with a base clock of 1050 MHz and a boost clock of 1178 MHz. It is based on the Maxwell 2.0 28nm architecture. It has 5.2 billion transistors as well as 104 texture units and 56 ROPs. In addition the card has a memory size of 4GB GDDR5 coupled with a memory clock effective of 7012 MHz. The memory interface width is 256-bit and the memory bandwidth is 224.4 GB/s.

Furthermore, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 has a directX version of 12. It is G-sync compatible and is both SLI and VR ready. The graphics card has OpenCL 1.2 and OpenGL 4.6 along with a shader model 6.4. Extra technologies include: NVIDIA GameWorks Technology, NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync, NVIDIA CUDA Technology with OpenCL support, NVIDIA Dynamic Super Resolution Technology.

For I/O, there is DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 2.0 and Dual Link DVI-D. There is No VGA or single link DVI. The maximum resolution is 4096 x 2160 using DisplayPort.

The card requires 2x 6-pins and has the interface PCIe 3.0 x16. The PSU recommendation is 500W and the graphics card power 145 W. Nvidia GeForce GTX 970’s dimensions are 10.5″ (267mm) x Dual-slot. Released on the 19th September 2014, its launch price started at $329 USD.

View more GTX 970 variant here.

Specifications

Purchase This Card

Amazon View Price At Amazon

General

Manufacturer Nvidia
Type Desktop
Series GeForce 900
Variant GTX 970
GPU Architecture Maxwell
Code Name GM204-200
Fabrication Process TSMC 28nm
Die Size 398 mm²
Base Clock 1050 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor Amount 5.2 Billion

Cores & Texture Config

Cores 1664 CUDA CORES
Texture Units 104
ROPs 56
Ray Tracing Cores -
Tensor Cores -
Compute Units -
L2 Cache 2MB
Infinity Cache -

Memory

Memory Size 4GB
Memory Type GDDR5
Memory Clock 1753 MHz
Memory Clock Effective 7 Gbps
Memory Interface Width 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth 224.4 GB/s

Performance

Half Precision FP16 -
Single Precision FP32 3.920384 TFLOPS
Double Precision FP64 0.122512 TFLOPS

Floating Point Operations Per Clock Cycle

Half Precision FP16 1/32
Single Precision FP32 2
Double Precision FP64 1/16

Fillrate

Texture (GT/s) 122.512
Pixel (GP/s) 65.968

Technologies

DirectX® Version 12
G-Sync/FreeSync
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan 1.3
SLI/Crossfire Ready
VR Ready
RGB Lighting
Extra Technologies NVIDIA GameWorks Technology, NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync, NVIDIA CUDA Technology with OpenCL support, NVIDIA Dynamic Super Resolution Technology

Connectivity

Maximum resolution Max Analog: 2048x1536 | Max Digital: 4096x2160
Max HDMI Resolution 4096x2160
Max DP Resolution 4096x2160
Display Port 1.2 x3
HDMI 2.0 x1
USB-C No
Dual Link DVI DVI-D x1
Single Link DVI No
VGA No

Requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Power Connectors 2 x 6-pin
PSU Recommendation 500 W
Graphics Card Power 145 W

Dimensions

Length 10.5" (267mm)
Width 4.376" (111.15mm)
Height 1.6" (40mm)
Slot Width 2 Slot

Extra Information

Price (at release) $329 USD
Weight 1kg
Released 19 September, 2014

Price History

Price History for NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …

Statistics

Current Price $469.00 March 13, 2024
Highest Price $569.00 December 31, 2023
Lowest Price $167.11 July 6, 2023
Since March 26, 2023

Last price changes

$469.00 January 8, 2024
$569.00 December 31, 2023
$469.00 December 1, 2023
$167.11 July 6, 2023
$469.00 June 11, 2023
Create Your Free Price Drop Alert!
Set Alert for NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card … - $469.00

Reviews

  • Be the first to add a Review

    Please post a user review only if you have / had this product.

  • Rate this Product

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • What do you feel about Design and build quality of this device?
    5
  • 6 / 10 based on your selection

Videos

Search

Amazon Affiliate

GPUSpecs.com is a participant for the amazon associates program. Commission may be earned on items purchased through links at GPUSpecs.com.

Scroll to Top