The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 31, which comes from the RDNA 3 architecture.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
Memory Size
4 GB
20 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
2.500 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
20.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
800 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
320 bit
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The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT is 20.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.500 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
Base Clock
1.140 GHz
1.500 GHz
Boost Clock
1.279 GHz
2.450 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.25 GHz
2.08 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
TDP
145 W
331 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
97 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 331 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
3 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
2x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
2x DP 2.1
DVI
2
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
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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With the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
No
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
Decode / Encode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT
Length
277 mm
313 mm
Height
140 mm
134 mm
Width
35 mm
53 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
Weight
845 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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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