nvidia geforce gtx 970

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At a glance

Core specs we use for comparisons and CPU pairing — VRAM, thermals, and key OEM fields when available.

VRAM4 GBVideo memory on the card — larger often helps high resolutions and textures.

TDP145 WThermal design power — size PSU and case airflow accordingly.

Brand / modelNVIDIAGeForce GTX 970

Memory typeGDDR5VRAM technology from vendor or OEM data — see notes below if present.

Catalog last updated Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM · ingest: gpu-spec-ingest.

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OEM specification fields for this GPU
Architecture	Maxwell
CUDA cores	1664
Base Clock Ghz	1.051
Boost Clock Ghz	1.178
Memory Config	4 GB GDDR5
Pcie	PCI Express Gen 3

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