The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 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 GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Memory Size
4 GB
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
512 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Base Clock
1.203 GHz
1.800 GHz
Boost Clock
1.354 GHz
2.170 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.33 GHz
1.95 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
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
TDP
145 W
250 W
TDP (up)
--
285 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
3 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
37 dB
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
2
--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
Addressable LED
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With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
No
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
Decode
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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
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800
Length
299 mm
303 mm
Height
114 mm
127 mm
Width
39 mm
54 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 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.
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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