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

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G
GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G 8 GB HBM2 · 1.55 GHz · 295 W Speed index 10/100
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.20 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100
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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G is 217 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8GGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Speed index
10/100
3/100
FP32
12.66 TFLOPS
4.00 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.55 GHz
1.20 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB HBM2
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
484 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
295 W
145 W
Launch Price
499 $
329 $

GPU

GPUGIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8GGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Based onAMD RX Vega 64NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU ChipVega 10 XTGM204-200-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors6413
Shader40961664
Render Output Units6456
Texture Units256104
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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.

Memory

MemoryGIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8GGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Memory Size8 GB4 GB
Memory TypeHBM2GDDR5
Memory Clock0.945 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed1.9 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth484 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface2,048 bit256 bit
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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.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8GGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Base Clock1.247 GHz1.076 GHz
Boost Clock1.546 GHz1.203 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--1.18 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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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.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8GGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
TDP295 W145 W
Tjunction max100 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8GGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 70 mm1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)--0 dB
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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.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8GGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.2
DVI--2
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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 Vega 64 8G.

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

Featureset

FeaturesetGIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8GGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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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.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8GGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1NoNo
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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

DimensionsGIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8GGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Length280 mm168 mm
Height127 mm123 mm
Width40 mm36 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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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.

Additional data

Additional dataGIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8GGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ3/2017Q1/2016
Launch Price499 $329 $
Structure size14 nm28 nm
Part-noGV-RXVEGA64-8GD-BGV-N970IX-4GD
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 499 $.

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

Benchmark results

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. 64 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 92 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 128 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G +145.8 %

  1. 67,049
  2. 27,280

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 8G +124.5 %

  1. 72,946
  2. 32,495

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 76,720
  2. no data

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