The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 TI 8GB (Blackwell) and has 8 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING is 508 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING is based on the graphics chip GB206, which comes from the Blackwell architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR7
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
28.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 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 MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING is 28.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING
Base Clock
1.050 GHz
2.407 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
2.587 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
MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING
TDP
145 W
180 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
87 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 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 MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 2.1b
DVI
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.
The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
MSI Mystic Light
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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 MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
No
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
Decode / Encode
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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
MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING
Length
267 mm
247 mm
Height
111 mm
135 mm
Width
40 mm
51 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
Weight
--
768 g
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 MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GAMING needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 5 x 8 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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