Radeon RX 5600 XT vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Radeon RX 5600 XT
185%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5600 XT |
| 85% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 5600 XT
The Radeon RX 5600 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 12 (Navi 12 XT) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1605 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 5600 XT
121.90 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
243.80 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
288.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5600 XT
7803.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5600 XT
116
GeForce GTX 970
65
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5600 XT
89
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5600 XT
120
GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
95
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5600 XT
84
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5600 XT
59
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5600 XT
86
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
63
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5600 XT
45
GeForce GTX 970
22
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5600 XT
29
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5600 XT
50
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5600 XT
34
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)