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ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 vs MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G

ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.23 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.85 GHz · 130 W Speed index 4/100
In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 and the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 27 % faster than the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970.

ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Speed index
3/100
4/100
FP32
4.09 TFLOPS
5.20 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.23 GHz
1.85 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
145 W
130 W
Launch Price
349 $
169 $

GPU

GPUASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU ChipGM204-200-A1Navi 14 XTX
Streaming Multiprocessors1322
Shader16641408
Render Output Units5632
Texture Units10488
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and has 1664 texture shaders and 13 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has 1408 shaders and 22 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
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 Turbo GeForce GTX 970 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Base Clock1.088 GHz1.607 GHz
Boost Clock1.228 GHz1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--1.72 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 clocks in the base with up to 1.088 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 1.607 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
TDP145 W130 W
Tjunction max98 °C95 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 70 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--39 dB
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort1x DP 1.23x DP 1.4
DVI2--
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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 Turbo GeForce GTX 970.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
AV1NoNo
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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

DimensionsASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
Length264 mm215 mm
Height121 mm128 mm
Width37 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight--705 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 is 264 mm long, 121 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G is 215 mm long, 128 mm high and 40 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ2/2015Q3/2019
Launch Price349 $169 $
Structure size28 nm7 nm
Part-noTURBO-GTX970-OC-4GD5--
Documents--data sheet
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 was released in Q2/2015 at a price of 349 $.

The MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 169 $.

Benchmark results

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)

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  2. 29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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  2. 79 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 MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G +67.1 %

  1. 27,893
  2. 46,596

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT Mech 8G +29.0 %

  1. 33,226
  2. 42,867

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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  2. 55,217

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