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 (23 benchmarks)
Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince
7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Frozenbyte
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 5700 (+127%)
AVG 136 FPS
MIN 116 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+132%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+150%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chernobylite Complete Edition
8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation The Farm 51
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+73%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+96%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+156%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 4 FPS
Winner
Loser
Devil's Hunt
8.1 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Layopi Games
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+90%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+82%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+80%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Beyond Two Souls
7 2020 • Action, Adventure Quantic Dream
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+76%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 5700
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+100%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 5700
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+70%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Radeon RX 5700
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Gears 5
7.7 2019 • Action, Adventure The Coalition
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+109%)
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+103%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+78%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
7 2019 • Action Underdog Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+72%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+97%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5700 (+106%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 5700 Wins!
Based on 23 benchmarks across 8 games
38
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 970
VS
+54.5%
59
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 5700
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
5
Wins
38
Avg FPS
30
Min FPS
22%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 5700
AMD • 8GB GDDR6
18
Wins
59
Avg FPS
45
Min FPS
78%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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