The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is based on the graphics chip Fiji XT C8, which comes from the Fiji architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
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 graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is 1.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 0.500 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Base Clock
1.050 GHz
1.050 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
1.050 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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
TDP
145 W
275 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is powered by 2 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.
The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 275 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial (Radiator)
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
1 x 120 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
AIO water cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X has 1 Axial (Radiator) main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
--
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.
The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
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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With the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Length
267 mm
195 mm
Height
111 mm
115 mm
Width
40 mm
39 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 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.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score AMD Radeon R9 Fury X +64.3 %
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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