Radeon RX 5700 vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Radeon RX 5700
211%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5700 |
| 111% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 5700
The Radeon RX 5700 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (20 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5700 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 10 (Navi 10 Pro) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 254 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1465 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 256 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5700 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5700 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Jul 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 5700
104.00 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700
416.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700
7480.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700
145
GeForce GTX 970
65
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX 5700
123
GeForce GTX 970
75
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 5700
135
GeForce GTX 970
79
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700
104
GeForce GTX 970
47
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5700
106
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700
131
GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5700
108
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700
104
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 5700
115
GeForce GTX 970
55
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700
71
GeForce GTX 970
31
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5700
70
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700
98
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5700
74
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700
54
GeForce GTX 970
22
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX 5700
55
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 5700
56
GeForce GTX 970
27
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700
41
GeForce GTX 970
19
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5700
35
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700
60
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5700
40
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)