nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
VS
amd
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2304
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 5700
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4GB GDDR5 148W $329 Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
VS
Radeon RX 5700
$349 • Jul 2019
AMD Radeon RX 5700
8GB GDDR6 180W $349 Jul 2019
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 5700 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 148 W | 180 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | RDNA 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 1664 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 104 | 144 |
| ROPs | 56 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 65.97 GPixel/s | 110.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.92 GFLOPS | 7.949 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | 251 mm² |
| Transistors | 5200 Million | 10300 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
7442 (+108%)
AMD Radeon RX 5700
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
28989
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
68796 (+137%)
AMD Radeon RX 5700
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
46.8 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
82.8 FPS (+77%)
AMD Radeon RX 5700
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9637
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
14348 (+49%)
AMD Radeon RX 5700
Game Benchmarks Comparison (53 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+20%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon RX 5700
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+37%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
Radeon RX 5700
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+35%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
Radeon RX 5700
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+17%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Radeon RX 5700
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+15%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Radeon RX 5700
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+19%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 5700
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+2%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+8%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+5%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 5700 (+5%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 5700 (+7%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+10%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 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 5700 (+11%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+27%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+29%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+21%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+22%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+27%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 5700 Wins!
Based on 50 benchmarks across 18 games
43
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 970
VS
+21.8%
53
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 5700
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
14
Wins
43
Avg FPS
37
Min FPS
28%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 5700
AMD • 8GB GDDR6
37
Wins
53
Avg FPS
44
Min FPS
74%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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