GeForce GTX 670 vs GeForce GTX 970

GeForce GTX 670 Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP Release date: 10 May 2012

GeForce GTX 970 Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP Release date: 19 Sep 2014

Summary

Synthetic performance index

GeForce GTX 670
100%
GeForce GTX 970
168%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

GeForce GTX 670
100%
GeForce GTX 970
154%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 670

Supports PhysX

Supports G-Sync

Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970

54% higher gaming performance.

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Supports PhysX

Supports G-Sync

Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970

The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).

Specifications

Core Configuration

	GeForce GTX 670		GeForce GTX 970
GPU Name	GK104 (GK104-325-A2)	vs	GM204 (GM204-200-A1)
Fab Process	28 nm	vs	28 nm
Die Size	294 mmÂ²	vs	398 mmÂ²
Transistors	3,540 million	vs	5,200 million
Shaders	1344	vs	1664
Compute Units	7	vs	13
Core clock	915 MHz	vs	1050 MHz
ROPs	32	vs	56
TMUs	112	vs	104

Memory Configuration

	GeForce GTX 670		GeForce GTX 970
Memory Type	GDDR5	vs	GDDR5
Bus Width	256 bit	vs	256 bit
Memory Speed	1502 MHz 6008 MHz effective	vs	1753 MHz 7012 MHz effective
Memory Size	2048 Mb	vs	4096 Mb

Additional details

	GeForce GTX 670		GeForce GTX 970
TDP	170 watts	vs	148 watts
Release Date	10 May 2012	vs	19 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

GeForce GTX 670
25.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

GeForce GTX 670
102.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

GeForce GTX 670
192.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

GeForce GTX 670
2460.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

GeForce GTX 670
9330
GeForce GTX 970
15750

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

GeForce GTX 670
43
GeForce GTX 970
73

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

GeForce GTX 670
39
GeForce GTX 970
54