GeForce GTX 770 vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
GeForce GTX 770
100%
GeForce GTX 970
140%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 770
100%
GeForce GTX 970
158%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 770 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 58% higher gaming performance. |
| 82 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 770 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (39 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 770 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-425-A2) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1046 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 770 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 770 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 230 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 30 May 2013 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 770
33.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 770
134.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 770
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 770
3213.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 770
11180
GeForce GTX 970
15750
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 770
36
GeForce GTX 970
64
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
21.7
GeForce GTX 970
32.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
85.2
GeForce GTX 970
114.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
56.1
GeForce GTX 970
79.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 770
40
GeForce GTX 970
55
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
86.1
GeForce GTX 970
112.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
64.8
GeForce GTX 970
101
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
33.8
GeForce GTX 970
42.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 770
72
GeForce GTX 970
88
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 770
58
GeForce GTX 970
79
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 770
29
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 770
46
GeForce GTX 970
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 770
27
GeForce GTX 970
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 770
24
GeForce GTX 970
41
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
11.3
GeForce GTX 970
20.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
52.9
GeForce GTX 970
70.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
36.6
GeForce GTX 970
50.5
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 770
30
GeForce GTX 970
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 770
52
GeForce GTX 970
73
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
63.7
GeForce GTX 970
83.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
44.8
GeForce GTX 970
69.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
20.1
GeForce GTX 970
25.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 770
42
GeForce GTX 970
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 770
41
GeForce GTX 970
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 770
45
GeForce GTX 970
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 770
23
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 770
33
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 770
19
GeForce GTX 970
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 770
14
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
10.4
GeForce GTX 970
20.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
25.1
GeForce GTX 970
33.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
17.6
GeForce GTX 970
24.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
37
GeForce GTX 970
49.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
26.5
GeForce GTX 970
41.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 770
13.1
GeForce GTX 970
17.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 770
19
GeForce GTX 970
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 770
13
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 770
6
GeForce GTX 970
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 770
9
GeForce GTX 970
18
FPS (higher is better)