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Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G

Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.18 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100

The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower has 1664 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.18 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.92 TFLOPS.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.75 GHz · 180 W Speed index 7/100

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.75 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.07 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G is 106 % faster than the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower.

Zotac GeForce GTX 970 BlowerSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
Speed index
3/100
7/100
FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
8.07 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.18 GHz
1.75 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
448 GB/s
TDP
145 W
180 W
Launch Price
299 $
349 $

GPU

GPUZotac GeForce GTX 970 BlowerSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 5700
GPU ChipGM204-200-A1Navi 10
Streaming Multiprocessors1336
Shader16642304
Render Output Units5664
Texture Units104144
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G is based on the RDNA 1 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.

Memory

MemoryZotac GeForce GTX 970 BlowerSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s448 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsZotac GeForce GTX 970 BlowerSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
Base Clock1.050 GHz1.540 GHz
Boost Clock1.178 GHz1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--1.70 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower has a turbo clock of 1.178 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G is 1.750 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignZotac GeForce GTX 970 BlowerSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
TDP145 W180 W
TDP (up)--220 W
Tjunction max98 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 6-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansZotac GeForce GTX 970 BlowerSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 65 mm2 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--43 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityZotac GeForce GTX 970 BlowerSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort1x DP 1.23x DP 1.4
DVI2--
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetZotac GeForce GTX 970 BlowerSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsZotac GeForce GTX 970 BlowerSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
AV1NoNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsZotac GeForce GTX 970 BlowerSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
Length244 mm254 mm
Height111 mm135 mm
Width--45 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataZotac GeForce GTX 970 BlowerSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2014Q3/2019
Launch Price299 $349 $
Structure size28 nm7 nm
Part-noZT-90105-10P--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower was released in Q4/2014.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G published in Q3/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

Benchmark results

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

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  2. 19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 49 fps (avg)

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)

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  2. 51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 97 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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  2. 137 fps (avg)

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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G +156.4 %

  1. 26,734
  2. 68,547

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 8G +98.8 %

  1. 31,845
  2. 63,310

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 81,930

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