NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
vs
AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)


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 RX 460 (14CU) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) (Baffin) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 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 RX 460 (14CU) is based on the graphics chip Baffin PRO, which comes from the Baffin architecture.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GPU AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU)
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip Baffin PRO
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Baffin
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 14
1664 Shader 896
56 Render Output Units 16
104 Texture Units 56
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 RX 460 (14CU) is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.050 GHz Base Clock 1.090 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 1.200 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 RX 460 (14CU) has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 75 W.

145 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air 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 RX 460 (14CU) supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 3
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports 1
-- 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 RX 460 (14CU) is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_0
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
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 / Encode
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 RX 460 (14CU) needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length --
111 mm Height --
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

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

The AMD Radeon RX 460 (14CU) came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2014 Release date Q3/2016
299 $ Launch Price 139 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 14 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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