Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is based on the graphics chip Navi 21 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 2
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
1664 Shader 4608
56 Render Output Units 128
104 Texture Units 288
0 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.051 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 is powered by 2 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

145 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
98 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 36-37 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.2 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

247 mm Length 286 mm
112 mm Height 118 mm
-- Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

426018336-3460 Part-no GV-R68XTGAMING-16GD
Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2020
299 $ Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 7 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
180 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
200 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

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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