The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X is based on the graphics chip Navi 10 XT, which comes from the RDNA 1 architecture.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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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 MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X
Base Clock
1.051 GHz
1.730 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
1.980 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.87 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X
TDP
145 W
225 W
TDP (up)
--
335 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
99 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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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 MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 225 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X
Fan-Type
Radial
MSI TORX FAN 3.0 (Axial)
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
45 dB
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X has 2 MSI TORX FAN 3.0 (Axial) main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2.
The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
MSI Mystic Light
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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 MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X
Length
247 mm
297 mm
Height
112 mm
140 mm
Width
--
58 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
Weight
--
1,406 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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 MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
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 MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X +204.4 %
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.
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.
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.
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.
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