Radeon RX 6750 XT vs GeForce GTX 970

Radeon RX 6750 XT
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 3 Mar 2022
Radeon RX 6750 XT
GeForce GTX 970
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 970

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    409%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6750 XT

309% 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)
Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970

102 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 6750 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 6750 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6750 XT

The Radeon RX 6750 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6750 XTGeForce GTX 970
GPU NameNavi 22 (Navi 22 KXT (215-127000144))vsGM204 (GM204-200-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs28 nm
Die Size335 mm²vs398 mm²
Transistors17,200 millionvs5,200 million
Shaders2560vs1664
Raytracing Cores40vsnone
Compute Units40vs13
Core clock2200 MHzvs1050 MHz
ROPs64vs56
TMUs160vs104

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6750 XTGeForce GTX 970
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size12288 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6750 XTGeForce GTX 970
TDP250 wattsvs148 watts
Release Date3 Mar 2022vs19 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    166.40 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    58.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    416.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    109.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    432.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    224.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    13310.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 970
    3494.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    226
  • GeForce GTX 970
    44

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    125
  • GeForce GTX 970
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    62
  • GeForce GTX 970
    14

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    63
  • GeForce GTX 970
    25

FPS (higher is better)