GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC
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Palit GeForce GTX 970
GPU comparison with benchmarksThe GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.01 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.24 TFLOPS.
The Palit GeForce GTX 970 has 1664 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.18 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 3.92 TFLOPS. |
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GPUThe GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Fiji architecture, which has 56 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card Palit GeForce GTX 970 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units. |
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| GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC | GPU | Palit GeForce GTX 970 |
| AMD Radeon R9 FURY | Based on | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
| Fiji PRO CB | GPU Chip | GM204-200-A1 |
| Fiji | Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 |
| 56 | Streaming Multiprocessors | 13 |
| 3584 | Shader | 1664 |
| 64 | Render Output Units | 56 |
| 224 | Texture Units | 104 |
| 0 | Raytracing Cores | 0 |
MemoryThe GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC is equipped with a 4 GB large HBM graphics memory, which is equipped with 0.500 GHz clocks. The Palit GeForce GTX 970 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz. |
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| 4 GB | Memory Size | 4 GB |
| HBM | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 0.500 GHz | Memory Clock | 1.753 GHz |
| 1.0 Gbps | Memory Speed | 7.0 Gbps |
| 512 GB/s | Memory bandwidth | 224 GB/s |
| 4096 bit | Memory Interface | 256 bit |
Clock SpeedsThe GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC has a turbo clock of 1.010 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Palit GeForce GTX 970 is 1.178 GHz. |
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| 1.010 GHz | Base Clock | 1.051 GHz |
| 1.010 GHz | Boost Clock | 1.178 GHz |
| Avg (Game) Clock | ||
| Yes | Overclocking | Yes |
Thermal DesignThe GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC 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 90 °C. The Palit GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C. |
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| 275 W | TDP | 145 W |
| -- | TDP (up) | -- |
| 90 °C | Tjunction max | 98 °C |
| 2 x 8-Pin | PCIe-Power | 2 x 6-Pin |
Cooler & FansThe graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC are cooled with a Air cooling. The Palit GeForce GTX 970 is cooled by a Air cooling. |
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| Axial | Fan-Type | Radial |
| 3 x 80 mm | Fan 1 | 1 x 65 mm |
| -- | Fan 2 | -- |
| Air cooling | Cooler-Type | Air cooling |
| dB | Noise (Idle) | 0 dB |
| -- | Noise (Load) | -- |
ConnectivityThe GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 0. The Palit GeForce GTX 970 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions. |
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| 4 | Max. Displays | 4 |
| 0 | HDCP-Version | 2.2 |
| 1x HDMI v1.4a | HDMI Ports | 1x HDMI v2.0 |
| 3x DP v1.2 | DP Ports | 2x DP v1.2 |
| 1 | DVI Ports | 1 |
| -- | VGA Ports | -- |
| -- | USB-C Ports | -- |
FeaturesetThe GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_0. The Palit GeForce GTX 970 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1. |
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| 4096x2160 | Max. resolution | 4096x2160 |
| 12_0 | DirectX | 12_1 |
| No | Raytracing | No |
| No | DLSS / FSR | No |
| No LED lighting | LED | No LED lighting |
Supported Video CodecsThis 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. |
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| Decode / Encode | h264 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode | h265 / HEVC | No |
| No | AV1 | No |
| No | VP8 | Decode |
| No | VP9 | No |
DimensionsThe GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC is 52 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the Palit GeForce GTX 970 is 52 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case. |
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| 278 mm | Length | 241 mm |
| 115 mm | Height | 111 mm |
| 52 mm | Width | 38 mm |
| 3 PCIe-Slots | Width (Slots) | 2 PCIe-Slots |
| -- | Weight | -- |
| PCIe 3.0 x 16 | GPU Interface | PCIe 3 x 16 |
Additional dataManufactured using the 28 nanometer process, GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC was released in Q3/2015. The Palit GeForce GTX 970 published in Q3/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers. |
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| GV-R9FURYWF3OC-4GD | Part-no | NE5X970016G2F |
| Q3/2015 | Release date | Q3/2015 |
| 549 $ (Reference) | Launch Price | 299 $ |
| 28 nm | Structure size | 28 nm |
| data sheet | Documents | -- |
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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
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GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC
4 GB HBM |
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Palit GeForce GTX 970
4 GB GDDR5 |
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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
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GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC
4 GB HBM |
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Palit GeForce GTX 970
4 GB GDDR5 |
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Geekbench 6 - Vulkan
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GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC
4 GB HBM |
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Palit GeForce GTX 970
4 GB GDDR5 |
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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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GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC
4 GB HBM |
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Palit GeForce GTX 970
4 GB GDDR5 |
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