ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
vs
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 230 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 has the Polaris 21 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 GPU Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme
AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Polaris 21 XT GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
1024 Shader 1664
16 Render Output Units 56
64 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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 Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme is 7.2 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.800 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.800 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.2 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 230 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.210 GHz Base Clock 1.203 GHz
1.210 GHz Boost Clock 1.355 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 75 W.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.

75 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 75 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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 Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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

Dimensions

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 Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

220 mm Length 300 mm
115 mm Height 141 mm
39 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2017.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme came on the market in Q3/2014 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

RX560-O4G Part-no ZT-90103-10P
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2014
99 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $
14 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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)

ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
11 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
43 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

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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