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ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black vs ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT

ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.18 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100

The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black has 1664 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.18 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.92 TFLOPS.

ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6 · 2.58 GHz · 230 W Speed index 11/100

The ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.58 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.21 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT is 237 % faster than the ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black.

ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II BlackASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
Speed index
3/100
11/100
FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
13.21 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.18 GHz
2.58 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
384 GB/s
TDP
145 W
230 W
Launch Price
299 $
479 $
108 pts
364 pts

GPU

GPUASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II BlackASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GPU ChipGM204-200-A1Navi 22 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors1340
Shader16642560
Render Output Units5664
Texture Units104160
Raytracing Cores--40
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II BlackASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
Memory Size4 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s384 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit192 bit
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II BlackASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
Base Clock1.050 GHz2.321 GHz
Boost Clock1.178 GHz2.581 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.42 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black has a turbo clock of 1.178 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT is 2.581 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II BlackASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
TDP145 W230 W
Tjunction max98 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II BlackASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 95 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II BlackASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II BlackASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II BlackASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II BlackASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
Length290 mm267 mm
Height147 mm110 mm
Width40 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II BlackASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2014Q1/2021
Launch Price299 $479 $
Structure size28 nm7 nm
Part-noGTX970-DC2-4GD5-BLACKRX6700XT-12G
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black was released in Q3/2014.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

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 ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT +299.9 %

  1. 1,489
  2. 5,955

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 6,008

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,188

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)

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  2. 40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 74 fps (avg)

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. no data
  2. 76 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 144 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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  2. 194 fps (avg)

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 ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT +262.7 %

  1. 26,734
  2. 96,956

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT +241.2 %

  1. 31,845
  2. 108,643

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 151,246

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