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Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom vs AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64

Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.30 GHz · 145 W Speed index 4/100

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom has 1664 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.30 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.34 TFLOPS.

AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 8 GB HBM2 · 1.55 GHz · 295 W Speed index 10/100

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 has 4096 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.55 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.66 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 is 192 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom.

Gainward GeForce GTX 970 PhantomAMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Speed index
4/100
10/100
FP32
4.34 TFLOPS
12.66 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.30 GHz
1.55 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB HBM2
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
484 GB/s
TDP
145 W
295 W
Launch Price
329 $
499 $

GPU

GPUGainward GeForce GTX 970 PhantomAMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970AMD RX Vega 64
GPU ChipGM204-200-A1Vega 10 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors1364
Shader16644096
Render Output Units5664
Texture Units104256
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 64 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGainward GeForce GTX 970 PhantomAMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5HBM2
Memory Clock1.753 GHz0.945 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps1.9 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s484 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit2,048 bit
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.945GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGainward GeForce GTX 970 PhantomAMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Base Clock1.152 GHz1.247 GHz
Boost Clock1.304 GHz1.546 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom has a turbo clock of 1.304 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 is 1.546 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGainward GeForce GTX 970 PhantomAMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
TDP145 W295 W
Tjunction max98 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 6-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom 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 VEGA 64 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGainward GeForce GTX 970 PhantomAMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 80 mm1 x 70 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGainward GeForce GTX 970 PhantomAMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4
DVI1--
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGainward GeForce GTX 970 PhantomAMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGainward GeForce GTX 970 PhantomAMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
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

DimensionsGainward GeForce GTX 970 PhantomAMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Length247 mm280 mm
Height112 mm127 mm
Width--41 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGainward GeForce GTX 970 PhantomAMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2014Q3/2017
Launch Price329 $499 $
Structure size28 nm14 nm
Part-no426018336-3361--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom was released in Q3/2014.

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 published in Q3/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

Benchmark results

Battlefield 5

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3840x2160 (2160p)

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  2. 64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 92 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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  2. 128 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 VEGA 64 +126.5 %

  1. 29,598
  2. 67,049

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 +106.9 %

  1. 35,257
  2. 72,946

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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  2. 76,720

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