NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell
GPU Specs Compare
Graphics Card
Release Date
Sep 2014
Mar 2025
Generation
GeForce 900
Blackwell PRO W
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 5.0 x16
Clock Speeds
Base Clock
1050 MHz
1230 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
2055 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
1750 MHz
Memory
Memory Size
4GB
24GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR7
Memory Bus
256bit
192bit
Bandwidth
224.4GB/s
672.0GB/s
Render Config
Shading Units
1664
8960
TMUs
104
280
ROPs
56
96
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
2 MB
48 MB
SM Count
-
70
Tensor Cores
-
280
RT Cores
-
70
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
65.97 GPixel/s
197.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
122.5 GTexel/s
575.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
3.920 TFLOPS
36.83 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
122.5 GFLOPS
575.4 GFLOPS
FP16 (half)
-
36.83 TFLOPS
Graphics Processor
GPU Name
GM204
GB203
GPU Variant
GM204-200-A1
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Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Blackwell 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
5 nm
Transistors
5.2 billion
45.6 billion
Die Size
398 mm²
378 mm²
Board Design
TDP
148W
140W
Suggested PSU
300 W
300 W
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a
4x DisplayPort 2.1b
Power Connectors
2x 6-pin
1x 16-pin
Graphics Features
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.4
CUDA
5.2
12.0
Shader Model
6.4
6.8
📊 Benchmark
3DMark Time Spy
3,646
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3DMark Time Spy Extreme
1,683
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OctaneBench
77
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
15
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
30
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
40
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Blender
305
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