EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0
vs
ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0 and the ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and has 1664 texture shaders and 13 execution units.

ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5 is based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU), which has 896 shaders and 14 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0 GPU ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU)
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 21 XL
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture GCN 4
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 14
1664 Shader 896
56 Render Output Units 16
104 Texture Units 56
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5 can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0 clocks in the base with up to 1.050 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5 is 1.149 GHz.

1.050 GHz Base Clock 1.149 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 1.197 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.19 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0 is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5 has a TDP of 45 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

145 W TDP 45 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 75 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0.

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.2 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
2 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5 is 5120x2880 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0 is 241 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5 is 220 mm long, 115 mm high and 39 mm wide.

241 mm Length 220 mm
111 mm Height 115 mm
-- Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming ACX 2.0 was released in Q3/2014 at a price of 299 $.

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo OC Edition 2GB GDDR5 was introduced in Q3/2017 at a price of 99 $ (Reference).

04G-P4-2972-KR Part-no AREZ-RX560-O2G-EVO
Q3/2014 Release date Q3/2017
299 $ Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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