NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
vs
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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 AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is based on the AMD Radeon R9 FURY X (Fiji) and has 4 GB HBM graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

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.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GPU AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip Fiji XT C8
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Fiji
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 64
1664 Shader 4096
56 Render Output Units 64
104 Texture Units 256
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type HBM
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 0.500 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 4096 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.050 GHz Base Clock 1.050 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 1.050 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

145 W TDP 275 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Radial Fan-Type Axial (Radiator)
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 1 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 0
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v1.4a
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_0
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
No VP9 No

Dimensions

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.

267 mm Length 195 mm
111 mm Height 115 mm
40 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q3/2014.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X came on the market in Q2/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2014 Release date Q2/2015
299 $ Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4 GB GDDR5
26734
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
4 GB HBM
58011

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4 GB GDDR5
31845
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
4 GB HBM
65197

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon R9 Fury X AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
4 GB HBM
58643

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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