NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
vs
ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5


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 ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 96 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 ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 is based on the graphics chip Polaris 21 XL, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GPU ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU)
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 21 XL
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture GCN 4
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 ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 is 6.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.500 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 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 1.149 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 1.186 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.18 GHz
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 ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 45 W.

145 W TDP 45 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 97 °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 ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 75 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
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 ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 is 5120x2880 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
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 Decode
No VP9 Decode

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 ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 220 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 8

Additional data

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

The ASUS AREZ Radeon RX 560 Evo 4GB GDDR5 came on the market in Q3/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no AREZ-RX560-4G-EVO
Q3/2014 Release date Q3/2017
299 $ Launch Price 99 $ (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

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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