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EVGA GeForce GTX 970 vs AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)

EVGA GeForce GTX 970
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.18 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 has 1664 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.18 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.92 TFLOPS.

AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) 2 GB GDDR5 · 1.20 GHz · 75 W Speed index 2/100

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) has 896 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.20 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.15 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is 82 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU).

EVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
Speed index
3/100
2/100
FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
2.15 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.18 GHz
1.20 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
2 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
112 GB/s
TDP
145 W
75 W
Launch Price
299 $
139 $

GPU

GPUEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
GPU ChipGM204-200-A1Baffin PRO
Streaming Multiprocessors1314
Shader1664896
Render Output Units5616
Texture Units10456
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) is based on the Baffin architecture and is equipped with 14 execution units.

Memory

MemoryEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
Memory Size4 GB2 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.753 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s112 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
Base Clock1.050 GHz1.090 GHz
Boost Clock1.178 GHz1.200 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 has a turbo clock of 1.178 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) is 1.200 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
TDP145 W75 W
Tjunction max98 °C95 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 6-Pin--
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 has 2 x 6-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 460 (14CU) is equipped with a -- PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 65 mm1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
Max. Displays43
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort1x DP 1.21x DP 1.4a
DVI21
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_0.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeNo
VP9NoNo
AV1NoNo
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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

DimensionsEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
Length241 mm--
Height111 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) is -- and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 8
Release dateQ3/2014Q3/2016
Launch Price299 $139 $
Structure size28 nm14 nm
Part-no04G-P4-1970-KR--
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, EVGA GeForce GTX 970 was released in Q3/2014.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

Benchmark results

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 EVGA GeForce GTX 970 +57.4 %

  1. 26,734
  2. 16,989

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan EVGA GeForce GTX 970 +72.5 %

  1. 31,845
  2. 18,464

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 16,644

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