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NVIDIA · Maxwell (derived from codename prefix) · 2014

GeForce GTX 970

GeForce GTX 970: 4 GB GDDR5, 148 W, 1,664 CUDA cores. Launched September 19, 2014 at $329.

Memory
4 GB
Power
148 W
Bus width
256 bit
Memory4 GB31 of 143 in GeForce GTX
Power148 W72 of 154 by higher draw in GeForce GTX
CUDA cores1,66422 of 158 in GeForce GTX
Launch price$32944 of 92 in GeForce GTX

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Memory

Capacity
4 GB
Memory type
GDDR5
Bus width
256 bit
Memory clock
1,753 MHz
Bandwidth
224.4 GB/s

Compute

CUDA cores
1,664
SM count
13
TMUs
104
ROPs
56
FP32
3,494.4 GFLOPS
FP64
109.2 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
58.8 GP/s
Texture fill rate
109.2 GT/s

Clocks

Boost clock
1,050 MHz

Board

TDP
148 W
External power required
Yes
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
329 USD

Physical

Architecture
Maxwell (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
GM204-200-A1
Transistors
5.2 billion
Die size
398 mm²
Series
GeForce GTX
Launch date
September 19, 2014

Not recorded by the source: generation, process, base clock and bus interface.

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

398 mm² die · 1,664 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 16 shaders.398 mm² die · 1,664 shadersEach dot = 16 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Within its series, the GeForce GTX 970 ranks 37th of 121 for FP32 throughput and 31st of 143 for memory capacity. Its 148 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

Source: Wikipedia, revision 1369488585 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16