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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: 40.52

Overall Rank:  251

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

Average G3D Mark
9643

Average G2D Mark: 766
Samples: 50604

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 Compute4086 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 14th of May 2025.

G3D Mark Distribution for GeForce GTX 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of May 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of May 2025.

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Pricing History

Machines with this Videocard (or similar)

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G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 15th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,180
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,291
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,414
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,894
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,125
GeForce GTX 1060
 10,083
GeForce GTX 970
 		9,643
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,878
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,323
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,043
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 56.32
GeForce GTX 1650
 52.52
GeForce RTX 2060
 44.74
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 40.91
GeForce GTX 970
 		40.52
GeForce RTX 3070
 30.22
GeForce GTX 1060
 29.66
GeForce RTX 3080
 25.68
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 12.99
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for GeForce GTX 970
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL2619147 - May 12 2025
10014
BL2617912 - May 11 2025
10370
BL2617786 - May 11 2025
10292
BL2617165 - May 11 2025
10206
BL2616157 - May 10 2025
10734
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Popular comparisons for GeForce GTX 970
As of 15th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce GTX 970
 		9,643
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs GeForce GTX 970
 39,851 (+313.3%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce GTX 970
 39,847 (+313.2%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 970
 38,264 (+296.8%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GTX 970
 36,071 (+274.1%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce GTX 970
 34,464 (+257.4%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 970
 34,277 (+255.5%)
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs GeForce GTX 970
 32,700 (+239.1%)
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER vs GeForce GTX 970
 31,736 (+229.1%)
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti vs GeForce GTX 970
 31,644 (+228.2%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs GeForce GTX 970
 31,260 (+224.2%)
Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GeForce GTX 970
 31,141 (+222.9%)
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