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AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB HBM2 · 1.47 GHz · 210 W Speed index 9/100
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.24 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100
In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 155 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
Speed index
9/100
3/100
FP32
10.54 TFLOPS
4.13 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.47 GHz
1.24 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB HBM2
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
410 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
210 W
145 W
Launch Price
399 $
329 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 56GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
Based onAMD RX Vega 56NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU ChipVega 10 XLGM204-200-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors5613
Shader35841664
Render Output Units6456
Texture Units256104
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The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.

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

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX Vega 56GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
Memory Size8 GB4 GB
Memory TypeHBM2GDDR5
Memory Clock0.800 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed1.6 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth410 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface2,048 bit256 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX Vega 56GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
Base Clock1.156 GHz1.101 GHz
Boost Clock1.471 GHz1.241 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--1.22 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 clocks in the base with up to 1.156 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC is 1.101 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX Vega 56GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
TDP210 W145 W
Tjunction max100 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 210 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX Vega 56GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 70 mm1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)37 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)49 dB--
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The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX Vega 56GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
Max. Displays44
HDCP--2.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.2
DVI--2
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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 Vega 56.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX Vega 56GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC is 4096x2160 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX Vega 56GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1NoNo
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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 Vega 56GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
Length280 mm168 mm
Height127 mm123 mm
Width40 mm36 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight1,090 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC is 168 mm long, 123 mm high and 36 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 56GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ3/2017Q4/2014
Launch Price399 $329 $
Structure size14 nm28 nm
Part-no--GV-N970IXOC-4GD
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 399 $.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI OC was introduced in Q4/2014 at a price of 329 $.

Benchmark results

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 43 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 80 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 112 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 Vega 56 +114.9 %

  1. 60,539
  2. 28,166

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 +90.1 %

  1. 63,794
  2. 33,551

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 71,932
  2. no data

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