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Spec GeForce GTX 970
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Architecture Maxwell 2.0
Generation / family GeForce 900 Series
GPU codename GM204
Launch date 2014-09-19
Market segment Desktop in GeForce 900 Series
Board type / entry type Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC 28 nm
Die size 398 mm²
Transistor count 5.2 billion
GPU chip GM204
SM / multiprocessor count 13
CUDA Cores 1664
ROPs 56
TMUs 104
Clocks
Base / Core clock 1,050 MHz
Boost clock 1,178 MHz
Memory clock 1,753 MHz
Memory
Memory size 4 GB
Memory type GDDR5
Memory bus width 256-bit
Memory bandwidth 224.4 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 148 W
Recommended PSU 300 W
Power connectors 2x 6-pin
Slot width Dual-slot, 267 mm length, 40 mm width
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Features
DirectX support DirectX 12.1
OpenGL support OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan support Vulkan 1.4
CUDA support 5.2
Shader Model 6.8
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 3.92 TFLOPS

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