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ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC vs AMD Radeon RX 6600

ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.25 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC has 1664 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.17 TFLOPS.

AMD Radeon RX 6600
AMD Radeon RX 6600 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.49 GHz · 132 W Speed index 7/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 has 1792 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.49 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.93 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6600 is 114 % faster than the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC.

ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OCAMD Radeon RX 6600
Speed index
3/100
7/100
FP32
4.17 TFLOPS
8.93 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.25 GHz
2.49 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
145 W
132 W
Launch Price
329 $
329 $
108 pts
214 pts

GPU

GPUASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OCAMD Radeon RX 6600
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6600
GPU ChipGM204-200-A1Navi 23 XL
Streaming Multiprocessors1328
Shader16641792
Render Output Units5664
Texture Units104112
Raytracing Cores--28
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 6600 is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OCAMD Radeon RX 6600
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OCAMD Radeon RX 6600
Base Clock1.114 GHz1.626 GHz
Boost Clock1.253 GHz2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.04 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC has a turbo clock of 1.253 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 is 2.491 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OCAMD Radeon RX 6600
TDP145 W132 W
Tjunction max98 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC has 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 AMD Radeon RX 6600 is equipped with a 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 Strix GeForce GTX 970 OCAMD Radeon RX 6600
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 95 mm1
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OCAMD Radeon RX 6600
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort1x DP 1.23x DP 1.4
DVI2--
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OCAMD Radeon RX 6600
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OCAMD Radeon RX 6600
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 Strix GeForce GTX 970 OCAMD Radeon RX 6600
Length280 mm--
Height140 mm--
Width40 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OCAMD Radeon RX 6600
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ3/2014Q4/2021
Launch Price329 $329 $
Structure size28 nm7 nm
Part-noSTRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5--
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC was released in Q3/2014.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 published in Q4/2021 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 AMD Radeon RX 6600 +146.9 %

  1. 1,536
  2. 3,792

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 3,907

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,344

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)

  1. no data
  2. 24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 50 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. 44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 127 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 AMD Radeon RX 6600 +150.7 %

  1. 28,439
  2. 71,285

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6600 +137.4 %

  1. 33,876
  2. 80,425

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 98,120

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