GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G is based on the AMD RX Vega 64 and has 4096 texture shaders and 64 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
AMD RX Vega 64 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Vega 10 XT GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
GCN 5 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
4096 Shader 1664
64 Render Output Units 56
256 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR5
0.945 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
1.9 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
484 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.247 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI is 1.076 GHz.

1.247 GHz Base Clock 1.076 GHz
1.546 GHz Boost Clock 1.203 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.18 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G is 295 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

295 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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 Vega 64 8G.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 No

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI is 168 mm long, 123 mm high and 36 mm wide.

280 mm Length 168 mm
127 mm Height 123 mm
40 mm Width 36 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI was introduced in Q1/2016 at a price of 329 $.

GV-RXVEGA64-8GD-B Part-no GV-N970IX-4GD
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2016
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 329 $
14 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G
8 GB HBM2
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G
8 GB HBM2
92 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G
8 GB HBM2
128 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

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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