Radeon RX 6700 XT vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Radeon RX 6700 XT
333%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| 233% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 6700 XT
The Radeon RX 6700 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6700 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 22 (Navi 22 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 | 2560 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 40 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1489 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 192 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6700 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 12288 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6700 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 6700 XT
128.00 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6700 XT
384.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6700 XT
384.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6700 XT
10240.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6700 XT
167
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6700 XT
230
GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6700 XT
149
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6700 XT
110
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6700 XT
165
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6700 XT
106
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6700 XT
56
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6700 XT
90
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6700 XT
58
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)