General information | GeForce GTX 970 | GeForce GTX 960 |
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Launched | Q3 2014 | Q1 2015 |
Used in | Desktop | Desktop |
Factory | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
Motherboard Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Memory | 4096 MB 0 % | 4096 MB 0 % |
Core Clock | 1050 MHz 6.8 % | 1127 MHz 0 % |
Boost Clock | 1380 MHz 0.9 % | 1393 MHz 0 % |
Effective Clock | 7200 MHz 0 % | 7200 MHz 0 % |
DirectX | DirectX 12 | DirectX 12 |
OpenGL | OpenGL 4.5 | OpenGL 4.5 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 145 W 0 % | 120 W 17.2 % |
Length | 312 mm 0 % | 300 mm 3.8 % |
Cooling Fans | 4 0 % | 3 25 % |
Case Slots | 2 0 % | 2 0 % |
SLI | 3-way 0 % | 2-way 33.3 % |
Frame Sync | G-Sync | G-Sync |
Performance | GeForce GTX 970 | GeForce GTX 960 |
Overall Score | 49902 0 % | 39566 20.7 % |
Future Proof | 35 % 7.9 % | 38 % 0 % |
Benchmark Score | 24902 0 % | 15655 37.1 % |
2D Benchmark Score | 769.9 0 % | 670.3 12.9 % |
Average DirectX performance | 75.1 FPS 0 % | 48.4 FPS 35.6 % |
DirectX 9 performance | 142.9 FPS 0 % | 99.6 FPS 30.3 % |
DirectX 10 performance | 45.6 FPS 0 % | 23.9 FPS 47.5 % |
DirectX 11 performance | 71.1 FPS 0 % | 41.9 FPS 41.1 % |
DirectX 12 performance | 40.8 FPS 0 % | 28.2 FPS 31 % |
Graphic card computing | 4057.5 operations/s 0 % | 2780.6 operations/s 31.5 % |
Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 960.
Average frames per second | GeForce GTX 970 | GeForce GTX 960 |
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Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels Change | ||
Ultra settings | 114.3 FPS | 86.2 FPS |
High settings | 205.7 FPS | 155.1 FPS |
Medium settings | 246.8 FPS | 186.2 FPS |
Low settings | 345.5 FPS | 260.6 FPS |
Difference | 0 % | 24.6 % |
Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 960.
Grand Theft Auto V | GeForce GTX 970 | GeForce GTX 960 |
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Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels Change | ||
Ultra settings | 83.9 FPS | 66.1 FPS |
High settings | 151.0 FPS | 118.9 FPS |
Medium settings | 181.3 FPS | 142.7 FPS |
Low settings | 253.8 FPS | 199.8 FPS |
Difference | 0 % | 21.3 % |