In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 and the ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 40 % faster than the ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 480 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC
Base Clock
1.120 GHz
1.114 GHz
Boost Clock
1.266 GHz
1.253 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 clocks in the base with up to 1.120 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC is 1.114 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC
TDP
150 W
145 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_0
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480
ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC
Length
240 mm
290 mm
Height
112 mm
147 mm
Width
37 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 is 240 mm long, 112 mm high and 37 mm wide.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II Black OC is 290 mm long, 147 mm high and 40 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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