The ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 has the Polaris 21 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Base Clock
1.210 GHz
1.050 GHz
Boost Clock
1.210 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
TDP
75 W
145 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
--
2 x 6-Pin
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The ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is powered by -- connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 75 W.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 75 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Max. resolution
5120x2880
4096x2160
DirectX
12
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 5120x2880 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Length
220 mm
267 mm
Height
115 mm
111 mm
Width
39 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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