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

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.22 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.11 GHz · 250 W Speed index 13/100
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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 299 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC.

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OCAMD Radeon RX 6800
Speed index
3/100
13/100
FP32
4.05 TFLOPS
16.17 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.22 GHz
2.11 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
145 W
250 W
Launch Price
329 $
579 $
108 pts
431 pts

GPU

GPUMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OCAMD Radeon RX 6800
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6800
GPU ChipGM204-200-A1Navi 21
Streaming Multiprocessors1360
Shader16643840
Render Output Units5696
Texture Units104240
Raytracing Cores--60
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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.

Memory

MemoryMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OCAMD Radeon RX 6800
Memory Size4 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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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.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OCAMD Radeon RX 6800
Base Clock1.076 GHz1.700 GHz
Boost Clock1.216 GHz2.105 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--1.82 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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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.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OCAMD Radeon RX 6800
TDP145 W250 W
TDP (up)--285 W
Tjunction max98 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 6-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OCAMD Radeon RX 6800
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 65 mm3 x 85 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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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.

Connectivity

ConnectivityMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OCAMD Radeon RX 6800
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.22x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
USB-C--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 MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OC.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OCAMD Radeon RX 6800
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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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.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OCAMD Radeon RX 6800
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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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

DimensionsMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OCAMD Radeon RX 6800
Length269 mm267 mm
Height111 mm120 mm
Width38 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight890 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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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.

Additional data

Additional dataMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 OCAMD Radeon RX 6800
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2014Q4/2020
Launch Price329 $579 $
Structure size28 nm7 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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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 $.

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 AMD Radeon RX 6800 +406.7 %

  1. 1,514
  2. 7,671

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 7,867

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,931

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)

  1. no data
  2. 51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 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)

  1. no data
  2. 30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 104 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 AMD Radeon RX 6800 +357.5 %

  1. 27,621
  2. 126,364

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6800 +290.5 %

  1. 32,901
  2. 128,479

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 165,447

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