MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6800


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC and the AMD Radeon RX 6800, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

AMD Radeon RX 6800 is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC GPU AMD Radeon RX 6800
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 2
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
1664 Shader 3840
56 Render Output Units 96
104 Texture Units 240
0 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

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

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC clocks in the base with up to 1.076 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 1.700 GHz.

1.076 GHz Base Clock 1.700 GHz
1.216 GHz Boost Clock 2.105 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.82 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

145 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 285 W
98 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 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 MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Non addressable LED

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
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
No VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

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

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and -- wide.

269 mm Length 267 mm
111 mm Height 120 mm
38 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
890 g Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC was released in Q4/2014 at a price of 329 $.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 579 $.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2014 Release date Q4/2020
329 $ Launch Price 579 $
28 nm Structure size 7 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
7867

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
2931

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
87 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 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
104 fps (avg)

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)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
195 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 OC MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC
4 GB GDDR5
27621
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
126364

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC
4 GB GDDR5
32901
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
128479

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
165447

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 OC MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC
4 GB GDDR5
4.05
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
16.17

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