AMD Radeon RX 470 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores211.2 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 470
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 470
4GB GDDR5 120W N/A Aug 2016
Radeon RX 470
$179 • Aug 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4GB GDDR5 148W N/A Sep 2014
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 470 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 120 W | 148 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1206 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 211.2 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 1664 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 104 |
| ROPs | 32 | 56 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1650 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 38.59 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 211.2 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.94 GFLOPS | 3.92 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3498
AMD Radeon RX 470
3574 (+2%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
31382 (+8%)
AMD Radeon RX 470
28989
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 470
46.8 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
7968
AMD Radeon RX 470
9637 (+21%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+27%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+43%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+43%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+24%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+22%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+29%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 970 (+3%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Radeon RX 470
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+3%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+0%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
Radeon RX 470 (+0%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Radeon RX 470 (+0%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+5%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+6%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+20%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+19%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+15%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+16%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 470 (+23%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Wins!
Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games
41
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 470
VS
+3%
42
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 470
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
106
Wins
41
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
43%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
123
Wins
42
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
49%
Win Rate
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