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AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT vs Gainward GeForce GTX 970

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.76 GHz · 190 W Speed index 19/100
Gainward GeForce GTX 970
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.18 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100
In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT and the Gainward GeForce GTX 970, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is 476 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 970.

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 970
Speed index
19/100
3/100
FP32
22.57 TFLOPS
3.92 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.76 GHz
1.18 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
288 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
190 W
145 W
Launch Price
329 $
299 $
333 pts
111 pts

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 970
Based onAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU ChipNavi 33 XTGM204-200-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3213
Shader20481664
Render Output Units6456
Texture Units128104
Raytracing Cores32--
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The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

Gainward GeForce GTX 970 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size16 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.250 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed18.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth288 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit256 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 970
Base Clock1.980 GHz1.051 GHz
Boost Clock2.755 GHz1.178 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.47 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.980 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 is 1.051 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 970
TDP190 W145 W
Tjunction maxUnknown98 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin2 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is 190 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 970
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 80 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 970
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.1a1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 2.13x 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 7600 XT.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 970
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 is 4096x2160 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 970
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1Decode / EncodeNo
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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

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 970
Length204 mm247 mm
Height115 mm112 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is 204 mm long, 115 mm high and -- wide.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 is 247 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTGainward GeForce GTX 970
GPU InterfacePCIe 4 x 8PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ1/2024Q3/2014
Launch Price329 $299 $
Structure size6 nm28 nm
Part-no--426018336-3354
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT was released in Q1/2024 at a price of 329 $.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 was introduced in Q3/2014 at a price of 299 $.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT +255.1 %

  1. 5,288
  2. 1,489

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 5,809
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 2,017
  2. no data

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 22 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 50 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 80 fps (avg)
  2. no data

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT +204.9 %

  1. 81,522
  2. 26,734

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT +204.7 %

  1. 97,027
  2. 31,845

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