In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 470 and the ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 9.5 % faster than the ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top.
AMD Radeon RX 470ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top
The AMD Radeon RX 470 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 470 and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.
ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
AMD Radeon RX 470
ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.650 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
6.6 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
211 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 211 GB/s.
The ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
AMD Radeon RX 470
ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top
Base Clock
0.926 GHz
1.253 GHz
Boost Clock
1.206 GHz
1.355 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 clocks in the base with up to 0.926 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top is 1.253 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
AMD Radeon RX 470
ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top
TDP
120 W
145 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.
The ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
AMD Radeon RX 470
ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
AMD Radeon RX 470
ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 470.
The ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
AMD Radeon RX 470
ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_0
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
AMD Radeon RX 470
ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
AMD Radeon RX 470
ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top
Length
240 mm
290 mm
Height
95 mm
147 mm
Width
35 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The AMD Radeon RX 470 is 240 mm long, 95 mm high and 35 mm wide.
The ASUS DRAGON GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Top is 290 mm long, 147 mm high and 40 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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