Radeon RX 5500 XT vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Radeon RX 5500 XT
138%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 XT |
| 38% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 5500 XT
The Radeon RX 5500 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XTX
(215-0932396)) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1607 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Dec 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.04 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
162.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
5196.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
85
GeForce GTX 970
65
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
66
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
57
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
43
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
26
GeForce GTX 970
22
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
22
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)