Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Radeon RX 6800 XT
458%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6800 XT |
| 358% 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 |
| 152 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 6800 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 6800 XT
The Radeon RX 6800 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6800 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 21 (Navi 21 XT) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 536 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 26,800 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 4608 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 72 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1825 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 128 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 288 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6800 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 16384 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6800 XT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 300 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 28 Oct 2020 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 6800 XT
288.00 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6800 XT
648.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6800 XT
512.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6800 XT
20740.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6800 XT
216
GeForce GTX 970
65
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6800 XT
226
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6800 XT
306
GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6800 XT
205
GeForce GTX 970
53
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6800 XT
178
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6800 XT
160
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6800 XT
239
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6800 XT
150
GeForce GTX 970
42
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6800 XT
106
GeForce GTX 970
22
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6800 XT
82
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6800 XT
142
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6800 XT
83
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)