MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
vs
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and has 1664 texture shaders and 13 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, which has 5376 shaders and 84 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 GPU AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip Navi 31
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 3
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
1664 Shader 5376
56 Render Output Units 192
104 Texture Units 336
0 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT can access 20 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 800 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 20 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.500 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 20.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 800 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 clocks in the base with up to 1.051 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is 1.500 GHz.

1.051 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 2.400 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.00 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

145 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 37 dB

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 MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 2x DP v2.1
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
No VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is 269 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is 276 mm long, 113 mm high and 51 mm wide.

269 mm Length 276 mm
111 mm Height 113 mm
38 mm Width 51 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
890 g Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 was released in Q4/2014 at a price of 299 $.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT was introduced in Q4/2022 at a price of 899 $.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2014 Release date Q4/2022
299 $ Launch Price 899 $
28 nm Structure size 5 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

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
4 GB GDDR5
1489
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
12453

Port Royal (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
13969

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
4529

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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
88 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
138 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

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
4 GB GDDR5
26734
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
170054

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
4 GB GDDR5
31845
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
196447

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)

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
4 GB GDDR5
3.92
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
51.61

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