The Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Ada Lovelace) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 272 GB/s.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1 has the AD107 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.125 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
17.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
272 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1 clocks at 2.125 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 17.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Base Clock
1.830 GHz
1.050 GHz
Boost Clock
2.460 GHz
1.178 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 RTX 4060 Ghost V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
TDP
115 W
145 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 115 W.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1a
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode / Encode
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 RTX 4060 Ghost V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Length
250 mm
267 mm
Height
128 mm
111 mm
Width
40 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce RTX 4060 Ghost V1 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 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.
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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