GeForce GTX 780 Vs 970M [in 6 Benchmarks] - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	320	408
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.17	0.54
Power efficiency	5.84	12.93
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GK110	GM204
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	23 May 2013 (12 years ago)	7 October 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$2,560.89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

GTX 780 has 672% better value for money than GTX 970M.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	1280
Core clock speed	863 MHz	924 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	1038 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	unknown
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	173.2	83.04
Floating-point processing power	4.156 TFLOPS	2.657 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	48
TMUs	192	80
L1 Cache	192 KB	480 KB
L2 Cache	1536 KB	1536 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
SLI options	-	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	120 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	No outputs
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
VGA аnalog display support	no data	+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
PhysX	+	-
GameStream	-	+
GeForce ShadowPlay	-	+
GPU Boost	no data	2.0
GameWorks	-	+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	-	+
Optimus	-	+
3D Vision Live	+	-
BatteryBoost	-	+
Ansel	no data	+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)	6.4
OpenGL	4.3	4.5
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.175	1.1.126
CUDA	+	+