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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME vs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.37 GHz · 145 W Speed index 4/100

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME has 1664 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.37 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.55 TFLOPS.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.59 GHz · 160 W Speed index 9/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.59 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.61 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is 133 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEAMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Speed index
4/100
9/100
FP32
4.55 TFLOPS
10.61 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.37 GHz
2.59 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
227 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
145 W
160 W
Launch Price
329 $
379 $
105 pts
260 pts

GPU

GPUGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEAMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GPU ChipGM204-200-A1Navi 23 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors1332
Shader16642048
Render Output Units5664
Texture Units104128
Raytracing Cores--32
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEAMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.775 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed7.1 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth227 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit128 bit
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.775 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEAMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Base Clock1.215 GHz1.968 GHz
Boost Clock1.367 GHz2.589 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.34 GHz2.36 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME has a turbo clock of 1.367 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is 2.589 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEAMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
TDP145 W160 W
Tjunction max98 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME has 2 x 8-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 6600 XT is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEAMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 80 mm1
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEAMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEAMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDAddressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEAMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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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

DimensionsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEAMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Length279 mm--
Height121 mm--
Width42 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREMEAMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ4/2015Q3/2021
Launch Price329 $379 $
Structure size28 nm7 nm
Part-noGV-N970XTREME-4GD--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 XTREME was released in Q4/2015.

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT published in Q3/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

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 AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT +172.7 %

  1. 1,609
  2. 4,388

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 4,549

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,583

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)

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  2. 29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 58 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)

  1. no data
  2. 52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 106 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 151 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 6600 XT +161.7 %

  1. 31,031
  2. 81,202

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT +146.9 %

  1. 36,963
  2. 91,247

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 107,926

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