Radeon RX 5700 XT vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Radeon RX 5700 XT
235%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5700 XT |
| 135% 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 |
| 77 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 5700 XT . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 XT
The Radeon RX 5700 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (20 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 10 (Navi 10 XT) | 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 | 2560 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 40 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1605 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 256 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | | 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 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 225 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Jul 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 5700 XT
112.30 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700 XT
449.30 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700 XT
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700 XT
8980.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
153
GeForce GTX 970
65
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
133
GeForce GTX 970
75
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
158
GeForce GTX 970
79
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
112
GeForce GTX 970
47
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
119
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
148
GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
127
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
108
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
129
GeForce GTX 970
55
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
80
GeForce GTX 970
31
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
78
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
108
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
85
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
59
GeForce GTX 970
22
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
60
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
62
GeForce GTX 970
27
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
47
GeForce GTX 970
19
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
40
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
66
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
44
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)