In the gpu comparison between the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 and the Palit GeForce GTX 970, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Palit GeForce GTX 970 is 79 % faster than the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5.
The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) and has 1024 texture shaders and 16 execution units.
Palit GeForce GTX 970 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
Palit GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.700 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
6.8 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
109 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 109 GB/s.
The Palit GeForce GTX 970 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
Palit GeForce GTX 970
Base Clock
1.199 GHz
1.051 GHz
Boost Clock
1.199 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 clocks in the base with up to 1.199 GHz. The base frequency of the Palit GeForce GTX 970 is 1.051 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
Palit GeForce GTX 970
TDP
75 W
145 W
Tjunction max
97 °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 ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is 75 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The Palit GeForce GTX 970 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 ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
Palit GeForce GTX 970
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 95 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The Palit GeForce GTX 970 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
Palit GeForce GTX 970
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
--
2x 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 ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5.
The Palit GeForce GTX 970 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
Palit GeForce GTX 970
Max. resolution
5120x2880
4096x2160
DirectX
12
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
ASUS Aura Sync
No LED lighting
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The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce GTX 970 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
Palit 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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5
Palit GeForce GTX 970
Length
242 mm
241 mm
Height
129 mm
111 mm
Width
42 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5 is 242 mm long, 129 mm high and 42 mm wide.
The Palit GeForce GTX 970 is 241 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.
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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