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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Base Clock
1.051 GHz
1.552 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
1.777 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is 1.777 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
TDP
145 W
130 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
93 °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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
2x DP 1.4a
DVI
2
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Length
275 mm
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Height
125 mm
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Width
36 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T is 36 mm wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.
The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is 36 mm and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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.
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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