The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card AMD Radeon R9 Nano is based on the Fiji architecture and is equipped with 64 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
HBM
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
0.500 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
1.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
512 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
4,096 bit
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano has a 4 GB large HBM graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.500GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Base Clock
1.051 GHz
1.000 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
1.000 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T has a turbo clock of 1.178 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon R9 Nano is 1.000 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
AMD Radeon R9 Nano
TDP
145 W
175 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
85 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 85 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial (Radiator)
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T are cooled with a Air cooling.
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
--
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.2
DVI
2
--
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano supports HDCP in version -- and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Max. resolution
4096x2160
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_0
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_0.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
AMD Radeon R9 Nano
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
AMD Radeon R9 Nano
Length
275 mm
154 mm
Height
125 mm
112 mm
Width
36 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T is 36 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the AMD Radeon R9 Nano is 36 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
Additional data
Additional data
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
AMD Radeon R9 Nano
GPU Interface
PCIe 3 x 16
PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release date
Q4/2014
Q3/2015
Launch Price
299 $
649 $
Structure size
28 nm
28 nm
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T was released in Q4/2014.
The AMD Radeon R9 Nano published in Q3/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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