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EVGA GeForce GTX 970 vs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

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 6650 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.64 GHz · 180 W Speed index 9/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.64 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.79 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT is 175 % faster than the EVGA GeForce GTX 970.

EVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Speed index
3/100
9/100
FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
10.79 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.18 GHz
2.64 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
280 GB/s
TDP
145 W
180 W
Launch Price
299 $
399 $
MonkeyBench 2026.3
108 pts
273 pts

Technical details

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

GPU

GPUEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GPU ChipGM204-200-A1Navi 23 KXT
Streaming Multiprocessors1332
Shader16642048
Render Output Units5664
Texture Units104128
Raytracing Cores--32
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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 6650 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.

Memory

MemoryEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.190 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps17.5 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s280 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 6650 XT has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.190GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Base Clock1.050 GHz2.055 GHz
Boost Clock1.178 GHz2.635 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.41 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 6650 XT is 2.635 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
TDP145 W180 W
Tjunction max98 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 6-Pin1 x 8-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 6650 XT 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 & FansEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 65 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 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 6650 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort1x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI2--
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
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 6650 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
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

DimensionsEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
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 6650 XT is -- and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataEVGA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ3/2014Q2/2022
Launch Price299 $399 $
Structure size28 nm7 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 6650 XT published in Q2/2022 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 6650 XT +206.4 %

  1. EVGA GeForce GTX 970EVGA GeForce GTX 9704 GB GDDR5
    1,489
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon RX 6650 XT8 GB GDDR6
    4,562

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. EVGA GeForce GTX 970EVGA GeForce GTX 9704 GB GDDR5
    no data
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon RX 6650 XT8 GB GDDR6
    4,673

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. EVGA GeForce GTX 970EVGA GeForce GTX 9704 GB GDDR5
    no data
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon RX 6650 XT8 GB GDDR6
    1,637
View all 3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing) 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 AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +218.5 %

  1. EVGA GeForce GTX 970EVGA GeForce GTX 9704 GB GDDR5
    26,734
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon RX 6650 XT8 GB GDDR6
    85,142

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT +191.6 %

  1. EVGA GeForce GTX 970EVGA GeForce GTX 9704 GB GDDR5
    31,845
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon RX 6650 XT8 GB GDDR6
    92,863

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. EVGA GeForce GTX 970EVGA GeForce GTX 9704 GB GDDR5
    no data
  2. AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD Radeon RX 6650 XT8 GB GDDR6
    116,428
View all Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal) benchmark results

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