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GeForce GTX 970

Price and performance details for the GeForce GTX 970 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the videocard compared to the 10 other common videocards in terms of PassMark G3D Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

GeForce GTX 970

Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16

Max Memory Size: 4096 MB

Core Clock(s): 1050 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 1752.5 MHz

DirectX: 12

OpenGL: 4.5

Max TDP: 145 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

Other names: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2014-09-19

G3DMark/Price: 40.51

Overall Rank:  301

Last Price Change:  $237.99 USD (2022-03-30)

Average G3D Mark
9640

Average G2D Mark: 764
Samples: 51943

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for GeForce GTX 970

DirectX 9143 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1046 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1171 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1241 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute4076 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 14th of December 2025.

G3D Mark Distribution for GeForce GTX 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of December 2025.

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Pricing History

G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,063
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,162
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,305
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,545
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,776
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,114
GeForce GTX 970
 		9,640
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,867
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,350
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 4060
 65.15
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 57.85
GeForce RTX 2060
 46.39
GeForce GTX 970
 		40.51
GeForce RTX 3070
 34.10
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 30.76
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 29.09
GeForce GTX 1650
 28.77
GeForce RTX 3080
 21.08
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for GeForce GTX 970
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL3132538 - Dec 14 2025
10266
BL3132209 - Dec 13 2025
9205
BL3131887 - Dec 13 2025
10595
BL3130982 - Dec 13 2025
8604
BL3130926 - Dec 13 2025
8652
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Popular comparisons for GeForce GTX 970
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce GTX 970
 		9,640
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs GeForce GTX 970
 42,223 (+338.0%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs GeForce GTX 970
 40,831 (+323.6%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce GTX 970
 38,837 (+302.9%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 970
 38,113 (+295.4%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs GeForce GTX 970
 36,428 (+277.9%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GTX 970
 35,875 (+272.1%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs GeForce GTX 970
 34,629 (+259.2%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce GTX 970
 34,451 (+257.4%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 970
 34,225 (+255.0%)
L40-48Q vs GeForce GTX 970
 33,270 (+245.1%)
L40-4Q vs GeForce GTX 970
 32,601 (+238.2%)
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