In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 and the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is 68 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and has 1920 texture shaders and 30 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
Memory Size
6 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
336 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.
The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
Base Clock
1.365 GHz
1.051 GHz
Boost Clock
1.710 GHz
1.178 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.68 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 clocks in the base with up to 1.365 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is 1.051 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
TDP
160 W
145 W
Tjunction max
88 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060.
The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
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
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
Length
270 mm
269 mm
Height
111 mm
111 mm
Width
58 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
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890 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 is 270 mm long, 111 mm high and 58 mm wide.
The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is 269 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 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.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 +132.7 %
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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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