ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5
vs
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 has 896 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.19 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.13 TFLOPS.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 has 1664 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.18 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 3.92 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 14 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.
ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 GPU ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Polaris 21 XL GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
14 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
896 Shader 1664
16 Render Output Units 56
56 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.500 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
6.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
96 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 has a turbo clock of 1.186 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is 1.178 GHz.

1.149 GHz Base Clock 1.050 GHz
1.186 GHz Boost Clock 1.178 GHz
1.18 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

45 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 75 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

220 mm Length 280 mm
115 mm Height 140 mm
39 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 was released in Q3/2017.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 published in Q1/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

AREZ-RX560-4G-EVO Part-no STRIX-GTX970-DC2-4GD5
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2015
99 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $
14 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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