GeForce GTX 780 vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
GeForce GTX 780
100%
GeForce GTX 970
114%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 780
100%
GeForce GTX 970
114%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 14% higher gaming performance. |
| 102 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 780 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (13 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 863 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 192 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 780 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 780 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 23 May 2013 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 780
13770
GeForce GTX 970
15750
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780
52
GeForce GTX 970
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
68
GeForce GTX 970
79
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
39
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
57
GeForce GTX 970
61
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 780
36
GeForce GTX 970
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 780
73
GeForce GTX 970
73
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
47
GeForce GTX 970
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 780
54
GeForce GTX 970
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
29
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
43
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 780
24
GeForce GTX 970
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 780
19
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 780
23
GeForce GTX 970
24
FPS (higher is better)