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 470 is based on the graphics chip Polaris 10 PRO, which comes from the Ellesmere architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 470
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.650 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
6.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
211 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 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 RX 470 is 6.6 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.650 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 470
Base Clock
1.050 GHz
0.926 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
1.206 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 RX 470
TDP
145 W
120 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-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 RX 470 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 470
Fan-Type
Radial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air 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 RX 470 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 470
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.
The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 470
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_0
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
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 RX 470 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 470
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
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 RX 470
Length
267 mm
240 mm
Height
111 mm
95 mm
Width
40 mm
35 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 RX 470 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.
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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