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Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan vs AMD Radeon RX 480

Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.22 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.27 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100
In the gpu comparison between the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan and the AMD Radeon RX 480, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 44 % faster than the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan.

Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 480
Speed index
3/100
5/100
FP32
4.05 TFLOPS
5.83 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.22 GHz
1.27 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
145 W
150 W
Launch Price
299 $
199 $

GPU

GPUZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 480
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU ChipGM204-200-A1Polaris 10 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors1336
Shader16642304
Render Output Units5632
Texture Units104144
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and has 1664 texture shaders and 13 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 480 is based on AMD Radeon RX 480, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.

Memory

MemoryZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 480
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 480
Base Clock1.076 GHz1.120 GHz
Boost Clock1.216 GHz1.266 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan clocks in the base with up to 1.076 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 1.120 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 480
TDP145 W150 W
Tjunction max98 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 6-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has a TDP of 150 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 480
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 11 x 75 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 480
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort1x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI2--
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 480
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 480
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeNo
VP9NoNo
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 480
Length204 mm240 mm
Height111 mm95 mm
Width--35 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan is 204 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is 240 mm long, 95 mm high and 35 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 480
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2014Q2/2016
Launch Price299 $199 $
Structure size28 nm14 nm
Part-noZT-90101-10P--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan was released in Q3/2014 at a price of 299 $.

The AMD Radeon RX 480 was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 199 $.

Benchmark results

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 AMD Radeon RX 480 +54.6 %

  1. 27,621
  2. 42,694

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 480 +38.7 %

  1. 32,901
  2. 45,619

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 41,864

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