NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
            NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
            
                $399
            
        
    
            NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
            
                $329
            
        
    | 1536 Shaders 2GB GDDR5 1130MHz | 1664 Shaders 4GB GDDR5 1178MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 3.47 TOPS INT32 | Peak AI Performance 15.68 TOPS INT8 | 
| FP32 3.47 TFLOPS | FP32 3.92 TFLOPS | 
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| Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | 
| TDP 230W | TDP 145W | 
| Power Connectors 2x 6-Pin - - - | Power Connectors 2x 6-Pin - - - | 
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | |
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Metal N/A 0% | GB5 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal N/A 0% | 
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                                            140 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            15.68 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            3.47 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
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                                            3.92 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
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| Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            36.16 GPixel/s
                                         | Pixel
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                                            65.968 GPixel/s
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| Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                            144.64 GTexel/s
                                         | Texture
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                                            122.512 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerNVIDIA | ManufacturerNVIDIA | 
| Chip DesignerNVIDIA | Chip DesignerNVIDIA | 
| ArchitectureKepler | ArchitectureMaxwell 2 | 
| FamilyGeForce 700 | FamilyGeForce 900 | 
| Codename NVE4 GK104 Variant GK104-425-A2 | Codename NV124 GM204 Variant GM204-200 | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 5/30/2013 | Release Date 9/18/2014 | 
| Foundry TSMC - | Foundry TSMC - | 
| Fabrication Node 28nm - | Fabrication Node 28nm - | 
| Die Size 294 mm² - | Die Size 398 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 3.5 Billion - | Transistor Count 5.2 Billion - | 
| Transistor Density 12.04M/mm² - | Transistor Density 13.07M/mm² - | 
| Form PCIe Card | Form PCIe Card | 
| Shading Units 1536 Shaders - | Shading Units 1664 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 128 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 104 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 32 ROPs | Render Output Units 56 ROPs | 
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| Streaming Multiprocessors 8 SMs | Streaming Multiprocessors 13 SMs | 
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| - - 1046MHz Base 1130MHz | - - 1050MHz Base 1178MHz | 
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| L1 48KB/SM Tex 16KB/SM - - | L1 - 48KB/SM - - | 
| L2 512KB Shared | L2 1.8MB Shared | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| 2GB GDDR5 - | 4GB GDDR5 - | 
| Bus Width 256Bit | Bus Width 256Bit | 
| Clock 1753MHz Transfer Rate 7GT/s Bandwidth 224.3GB/s | Clock 1750MHz Transfer Rate 7GT/s Bandwidth 224GB/s | 
| - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - | 
| TDP 230W | TDP 145W | 
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| - - - - - - - - 1x DVI-I Dual-Link - 1x DVI-D Dual-Link - - - - - - - - - - - 1x DisplayPort 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 1.4 - - - - | - - - - - - - - 1x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3x DisplayPort 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 2.0 - - - | 
| Max Resolution 4096x2304 | Max Resolution 4096x2304 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate G-Sync FreeSync - | Variable Refresh Rate G-Sync FreeSync - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 2 | Multi Monitor Support 3 | 
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| Model NVENC 1 | Model 2x NVENC 3 | 
| Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - - - - | 
| Model NVDEC 1 | Model NVDEC 1 | 
| Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | 
| Direct X 12 Direct 3D 11_0 | Direct X 12 Direct 3D 12_1 | 
| OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3.0 Vulkan 1.2 | OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3.0 Vulkan 1.3 | 
| Shader Model 6.5 CUDA 3.0 - - PureVideo HD VP5 VDPAU Feature Set D | Shader Model 6.7 CUDA 5.2 - - PureVideo HD VP6 VDPAU Feature Set E | 
| - - - 1x Fan | - - - 1x Fan | 
| Power Connectors - - 2x 6-Pin - - - - | Power Connectors - - 2x 6-Pin - - - - | 
| Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 3.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 3.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | 
| Multi GPU Support Supported Type 4-way SLI | Multi GPU Support Supported Type 4-way SLI | 
| Height 111 mm (4.37 in) Width 267 mm (10.51 in) Depth 38 mm (1.5 in) | Height 111 mm (4.37 in) Width 267 mm (10.51 in) Depth 40 mm (1.57 in) | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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