Only at VC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, GTX 970, GTX 980M and GTX 970M 3DMark performance
After hours of work, combining all the data into one piece, we can finally show you GeForce 900 and 900M performance at a glance.
Before you ask, no, we do not have any final specifications as of yet. Sure, we have our predictions, but that’s something you can find in our previous posts. Today we are only looking at synthetic performance.
GeForce GTX 900
GeForce GTX 980 4GB
First of all, we have GeForce GTX 980 scores with three different clock speeds. We were unable to confirm which clock is is the actual reference clock, so we decided to post all three. However, GTX 980 running at 1127 MHz was our point of reference. I think it’s quite clear now, that GeForce GTX 980 has: 4GB GDDR5 memory, 256 bit bus and 7 GHz memory clock. Today we are adding more info about the core clock. In our chart you can see three speeds: 1127, 1178 and 1190 MHz. It doesn’t really matter which clock you choose, because 1127 MHz were already enough to outperform all current single-gpu high-end cards. Of course, once you add more juice to 780 Ti or 290X you can actually reach GTX 980 performance. However, GTX 980 at 1.19 GHz will not be easy to beat.
Just remember, this is just synthetic scenario, 4k gaming will surely show different results.
GeForce GTX 980 SLI
We also have GTX 980 SLI score. To understand how efficiently SLI connection is operating in high performance Maxwell GPUs, we will compare parts running at the same clock speeds in 1 and 2-GPU configuration. That said, GTX980 SLI at 1178 MHz offers 59.5% scaling, which is average at best. Radeon R9 295X is still faster.
GeForce GTX 970 4GB
According to our data, GTX 970 has a core clock of 1051 MHz. So technically, it shouldn’t be a problem to add extra speed, as we already know that GM204 can easily operate at 1150-1190 frequencies.
For such reason, likelihood of GTX 970 beating GTX TITAN or 290X is relatively high.
GeForce GTX 900M
GeForce GTX 980M 8GB
We are almost certain that GeForce GTX 980M has 1038 MHz GPU clock. Compared to desktop Maxwell parts, memory speed has been reduced to 1253 MHz. Still, GTX 980M has no competitor, as it offers almost 56% upgrade over GTX 880M. Neither GK104 nor Pitcairn will ever reach such performance.
It’s worth nothing that a single GTX 980M is just 8% slower than 780M in SLI.
GeForce GTX 980M SLI
For unknown reason, GM204 works much better in SLI on mobile platform. We have 95+% scaling, which absolutely fantastic score. Whether this is just a well written driver or a new technology for mobile GPUs, we do not know yet.
GeForce GTX 970M 6GB
Now here’s the interesting part. GTX 970 has neither 4GB nor 8GB, it comes with 6GB memory. What it means is that GM204 (assuming this card is using one), has reduced memory bus (probably to 192b).
Unlike desktop model, GTX 970M also outperforms all current mobile flagship cards, and that’s while being 20% slower than GTX 980M.
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Nvidia introduced its newest graphics architecture, code-named Maxwell, about seven months ago in the mid-range GeForce GTX 750 and 750 Ti. While those cards don’t deliver the high performance of a flagship gaming rig, they introduce unheard of energy efficiency to the PC graphics space. The Maxwell-powered GeForce GTX 750 Ti is a poster child for great performance per watt, achieving frame rates on par with graphics cards doubling its 65 W thermal ceiling.
The company gets there by applying the same advancements made to its Tegra family on GeForce, maximizing what each piece of a GPU can do given an unforgiving power budget. But enthusiasts don’t really lust over efficiency alone. Mostly, they want breakneck speed. And we’ve wanted a performance-oriented implementation of Maxwell ever since the GeForce GTX 750 Ti surfaced. Guess what Nvidia’s giving us today? Its GeForce GTX 980 and 970. If you game, this is the Maxwell you’ve been waiting for.
From a high level, the GM204 GPU in these cards looks like the GeForce GTX 750 Ti’s GM107, scaled up appropriately. Like GM107, it leverages four partitioned blocks per Streaming Multiprocessor (SMM). Each SMM plays host to 128 CUDA cores, 32 load/store units, eight texture units, and a single PolyMorph engine. Two megabytes of L2 cache is shared across the entire GPU. The obvious difference, though, is the number of SMMs: while GM107 has five, the GeForce GTX 980’s GM204 features a staggering 16 of them.
That adds up to a total of 2048 CUDA cores, 512 load/store units, 128 texture units, and 16 PolyMorph engines. Naturally, the second-fastest GeForce GTX 970 has some of those resources disabled, totaling 13 SMMs, 1664 CUDA cores, 416 load/store units, 104 texture units, and 13 PolyMorph engines.
Despite their similarities, the GM204 benefits from a lot of upgrades compared to GM107. For example, each SMM in the GeForce GTX 980 has a 96 KB chunk of shared address space for compute tasks, up from the 750 Ti’s 64 KB. The new GPU’s L1/texture cache size is now 24 KB per pair of CUDA core processing blocks (48 KB per SMM), doubling GM107.
Unlike GM107, the GM204 GPU features four Graphics Processor Clusters (GPCs) instead of one. That means it benefits from four times the number of raster engines. Of course, high-end graphics cards require a beefier back-end to handle all of that data throughput, and the GeForce GTX 980 utilizes four render back-ends capable of handling 16 full-color ROP operations per clock, adding up to 64.
Four 64-bit memory controllers create an aggregate 256-bit bus. By the way, you may have noticed that the GeForce GTX 970’s 13 SMMs don’t divide equally into four GPCs. Nvidia says that there is no predefined recipe of SMMs per GPC in the 970, and each GPU may be configured differently.
The GeForce GTX 980 runs at a 1126 MHz base clock rate with a rated 1216 MHz GPU Boost frequency, while the GeForce GTX 970 has a 1050 MHz base and 1178 MHz typical GPU Boost rate. Both models carry 4 GB of GDDR5 RAM set to 1750 MHz, or 7 GT/s, yielding 224 GB/s of theoretical bandwidth.
[ADDENDUM]: Since we published this review, it’s come to light that the GeForce GTX 970 has more limitations than Nvidia originally disclosed. While the GTX 980 sports 2MB of L2 cache, the 970 is limited to 1.75MB. The GTX 980 features 64 ROPs, but the 970 is limited to 56 thanks to a partially-disabled cluster. In addition, the 970’s memory is segmented into 3.5GB and 500MB chunks with 196 GB/s and 28 GB/s of bandwidth, respectively.
Since these chunks can not be striped, the maximum usable memory bandwidth for the 3.5GB chunk is is 196 GB/s, not 224 GB/s as originally reported. For more information, see our update article The Real Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Specifications. [/addendum]
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti
It probably makes the most sense to compare GM204 to the Kepler-based GK110 in Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 780 Ti, even if we know it probably won’t go down in history as the most potent GPU based on Maxwell. The 780 Ti has 2880 CUDA cores, 240 texture units, 48 ROPs, and a 384-bit aggregate memory bus with 336 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Every one of those attributes (except for ROPs/clock) overpowers the GeForce GTX 980’s specifications. But keep in mind that Maxwell is a more efficient architecture able to do more with fewer resources.
For a quick refresher, you may want to have a look at our GeForce GTX 750 Ti Review: Maxwell Adds Performance Using Less Power.
The point is that we expect GeForce GTX 980 to compete on the 780 Ti’s level, maybe even beating it. The GeForce GTX 980’s raster processing appears particularly well-endowed, with 64 full-color ROPs per clock and 72 Gpixels/second of fill rate. Compare this to the GeForce GTX 780 Ti’s 48 ROPs per clock and 44 Gpixels/s. That should give GM204 an edge when it comes to high resolutions (like 4K) and anti-aliasing.
Before we go on, though, let’s touch on Maxwell’s focus on efficiency. Have a look at the GeForce GTX 980’s thermal design power limit of 165 W. That’s not a typo, and it’s almost 100 Watts shy of the GeForce GTX 780 Ti. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a sub-200 W performance leader in the graphics card world. The GM204’s 398 mm2 die size is less than 80% the size of GK110, despite being built on the same 28 nm fabrication node.
Consider that this second generation Maxwell GPU is home to 5.2 billion transistors vs Kepler’s 7.1 billion. The GeForce GTX 970 is even more of a power miser with a 145 W TDP. If these new GeForce cards can deliver performance on par with their predecessors, Nvidia has accomplished something special.
Regardless of Maxwell’s more efficient graphics architecture, the GeForce GTX 980 suffers a 33% drop in peak memory bandwidth compared to the GeForce GTX 780 Ti. Nvidia mitigates this deficit by implementing an improved memory compression scheme. GM204 sports an improved third-generation delta color compression mode that provides more options to the hardware. Using 8×8 blocks of 64 pixels, compression analysis is performed on 2×4 blocks in order to achieve the best compression possible in 8:1, 4:1, and 2:1 steps. If 2:1 compression isn’t doable, that block isn’t compressed. Successfully compressed blocks save even more bandwidth every time the memory is read. Nvidia claims that this increases effective memory bandwidth from 224 GB/s to approximately 300 GB/s compared to the GeForce GTX 680 Kepler-class cards.
We’ll see if this is enough to allow GeForce GTX 980 to stay competitive with the formidable GeForce GTX 780 Ti.
We should mention GM204’s upgraded tessellation performance, too. The company’s PolyMorph engine 2.0 design was leveraged across Kepler and even the Maxwell-based GM107. But that changes with the GM204’s upgraded third-gen PolyMorph engine design. Nvidia representatives claim up to a 50% increase in performance at high tessellation factors per engine due to architectural improvements.
Nvidia’s new GPU has some unique display options as well. The GeForce GTX 970 and 980 are the first graphics cards in the world that support the HDMI 2.0 standard, allowing for full 4K support at 60 Hz as an alternative to HDMI 1.2’s 30 Hz limitation. The reference card design also includes two DisplayPort 1.2 outputs and a dual-link DVI connector, while the GPU is capable of driving four 4K displays simultaneously using a display engine that supports resolutions up to a forward-looking 5K.
Nvidia also updates its latest GPU with H.265 (HEVC) encoding support, providing a nice future-looking upgrade. As for existing H.264 support, keep in mind that Maxwell’s fixed-function video encoder, already available on the GeForce GTX 750, is improved with 2.5x the throughput compared to previous-generation Kepler hardware. Nvidia’s ShadowPlay software now features 4K video support at 60 FPS on the GM204, and this capability could possibly be enabled for other Maxwell-based cards in the future.
Nvidia wouldn’t tell us whether GeForce GTX 980 is using an uncut version of the GM204 processor, so it’s possible that we might see this GPU resurface with even more (or less) CUDA cores in a future product.
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The graphics processing unit (GPU) has a higher clock speed.
turbo GPU
1178MHz
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When the GPU is running below its limits, it can jump to a higher clock speed to increase performance.
pixel speed
67.3 GPixel/s
72.1 GPixel/s
The number of pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second.
FLOPS
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4.6 TFLOPS
FLOPS is a measure of GPU processing power.
texture size
109 GTexels/s
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The number of textured pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second.
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Memory speed is one aspect that determines memory bandwidth.
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ROPs are responsible for some of the final steps of the rendering process, such as writing the final pixel data to memory and for performing other tasks such as anti-aliasing to improve the appearance of graphics.
Memory
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7012MHz
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The effective memory clock speed is calculated from the memory size and data transfer rate. A higher clock speed can give better performance in games and other applications.
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This is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored in memory.
VRAM (video RAM) is the dedicated memory of the graphics card. More VRAM usually allows you to run games at higher settings, especially for things like texture resolution.
versions of GDDR memory
Later versions of GDDR memory offer improvements such as higher data transfer rates, which improves performance.
memory bus width
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A wider memory bus means it can carry more data per cycle. This is an important factor in memory performance, and therefore the overall performance of the graphics card.
Supports memory troubleshooting code
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Memory troubleshooting code can detect and repair data corruption. It is used when necessary to avoid distortion, such as in scientific computing or when starting a server.
Features
DirectX version
DirectX is used in games with a newer version that supports better graphics.
OpenGL version
The newer the OpenGL version, the better graphics quality in games.
version of OpenCL
Some applications use OpenCL to use the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for non-graphical computing. Newer versions are more functional and better quality.
Supports multi-monitor technology
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 980
The video card has the ability to connect multiple screens. This allows you to set up multiple monitors at the same time to create a more immersive gaming experience, such as a wider field of view.
GPU boot temperature
Lower boot temperature means the card generates less heat and the cooling system works better.
supports ray tracing
✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
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Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows and reflections in games.
Supports 3D
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
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Allows you to view in 3D (if you have a 3D screen and glasses).
supports DLSS
✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
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DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an AI based scaling technology. This allows the graphics card to render games at lower resolutions and upscale them to higher resolutions with near-native visual quality and improved performance. DLSS is only available in some games.
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AMD Smart Access Memory (SAM) and Intel Resizable BAR are two technologies that allow the processor to access the graphics card faster, which can improve performance. This requires a compatible motherboard, graphics card, and processor.
Ports
has HDMI output
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Devices with HDMI or mini HDMI ports can stream HD video and audio to an attached display.
HDMI connectors
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More HDMI connectors allow you to connect multiple devices at the same time, such as game consoles and TVs.
HDMI version
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Newer versions of HDMI support higher bandwidth for higher resolutions and frame rates.
DisplayPort outputs
Allows connection to a display using DisplayPort.
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With more USB-C ports, you can connect more devices/peripherals.
DVI outputs
Allows connection to a display using DVI.
mini DisplayPort outputs
Allows connection to a display using mini DisplayPort.
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GPU clock speed
1127MHz
1050MHz
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) has a higher clock speed .
turbo GPU
1216MHz
1178MHz
When the GPU is running below its limits, it can jump to a higher clock speed to increase performance.
pixel rate
72.1 GPixel/s
67.3 GPixel/s
The number of pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second.
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3.4 TFLOPS
FLOPS is a measure of GPU processing power.
texture size
144.3 GTexels/s
109 GTexels/s
Number of textured pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second.
GPU memory speed
1753MHz
1753MHz
Memory speed is one aspect that determines memory bandwidth.
Shading patterns
Shading units (or stream processors) are small processors in a graphics card that are responsible for processing various aspects of an image.
texture units (TMUs)
TMUs take texture units and map them to the geometric layout of the 3D scene. More TMUs generally means texture information is processed faster.
ROPs
ROPs are responsible for some of the final steps of the rendering process, such as writing the final pixel data to memory and for performing other tasks such as anti-aliasing to improve the appearance of graphics.
Memory
effective memory speed
7012MHz
7012MHz
The effective memory clock speed is calculated from the memory size and data transfer rate. A higher clock speed can give better performance in games and other applications.
maximum memory bandwidth
224.4GB/s
224GB/s
This is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored in memory.
VRAM (video RAM) is the dedicated memory of the graphics card. More VRAM usually allows you to run games at higher settings, especially for things like texture resolution.
versions of GDDR memory
Later versions of GDDR memory offer improvements such as higher data transfer rates, which improves performance.
memory bus width
256bit
256bit
A wider memory bus means it can carry more data per cycle.
This is an important factor in memory performance, and therefore the overall performance of the graphics card. Supports memory troubleshooting code
✖Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980
✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Memory troubleshooting code can detect and repair data corruption. It is used when necessary to avoid distortion, such as in scientific computing or when starting a server.
Features
DirectX version
DirectX is used in games with a newer version that supports better graphics.
OpenGL version
The newer the OpenGL version, the better graphics quality in games.
version of OpenCL
Some applications use OpenCL to use the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for non-graphical computing. Newer versions are more functional and better quality.
Supports multi-monitor technology
✔Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
The video card has the ability to connect multiple screens.
This allows you to set up multiple monitors at the same time to create a more immersive gaming experience, such as a wider field of view. GPU temperature at boot
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Lower boot temperature means the card generates less heat and the cooling system works better.
supports ray tracing
✖Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980
✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows and reflections in games.
Supports 3D
✔Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Allows you to view in 3D (if you have a 3D screen and glasses).
supports DLSS
✖Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980
✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an AI based scaling technology. This allows the graphics card to render games at lower resolutions and upscale them to higher resolutions with near-native visual quality and improved performance.
DLSS is only available in some games. AMD SAM / Intel Resizable BAR
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AMD Smart Access Memory (SAM) and Intel Resizable BAR are two technologies that allow the processor to have faster access to the graphics card, which can improve performance. This requires a compatible motherboard, graphics card, and processor.
Ports
has HDMI output
✔Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Devices with HDMI or mini HDMI ports can stream HD video and audio to the connected display.
HDMI connectors
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More HDMI connectors allow you to connect multiple devices at the same time, such as game consoles and TVs.
HDMI version
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HDMI 2.0
New versions of HDMI support higher bandwidth, resulting in higher resolutions and frame rates.
DisplayPort outputs
Allows connection to a display using DisplayPort.
USB-C ports
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Unknown. Help us offer a price. (Nvidia GeForce GTX 970)
With more USB-C ports, you can connect more devices/peripherals.
DVI outputs
Allows connection to a display using DVI.
mini DisplayPort outputs
Allows connection to a display using mini DisplayPort.
Price Comparison
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980
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..Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 TI Eagle OC 8GB Grafikkarte – 8GB GDDR6 18Gbps 128bit, PCI-E 4.0, 2X DisplayPort 1.4, 2X HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, unterstützt 4K, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N406TEAGLE OC — 8GD €459 Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
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€50
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