GPU comparison with benchmarks

Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

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 6700 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6 · 2.58 GHz · 230 W Speed index 11/100
In the gpu comparison between the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan and the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is 226 % faster than the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan.

Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Speed index
3/100
11/100
FP32
4.05 TFLOPS
13.21 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.22 GHz
2.58 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
384 GB/s
TDP
145 W
230 W
Launch Price
299 $
479 $
108 pts
364 pts

GPU

GPUZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GPU ChipGM204-200-A1Navi 22 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors1340
Shader16642560
Render Output Units5664
Texture Units104160
Raytracing Cores--40
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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 6700 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has 2560 shaders and 40 execution units.

Memory

MemoryZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Memory Size4 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s384 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit192 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 6700 XT can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 384 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Base Clock1.076 GHz2.321 GHz
Boost Clock1.216 GHz2.581 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.42 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 6700 XT is 2.321 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
TDP145 W230 W
Tjunction max98 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 6-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-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 6700 XT has a TDP of 230 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 11 x 75 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual Fan has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has 0 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
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 6700 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
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 6700 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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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 6700 XT
Length204 mm--
Height111 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 6700 XT is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

Additional data

Additional dataZotac GeForce GTX 970 Dual FanAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2014Q1/2021
Launch Price299 $479 $
Structure size28 nm7 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 6700 XT was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 479 $.

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 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +293.3 %

  1. 1,514
  2. 5,955

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 6,008

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,188

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)

  1. no data
  2. 40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 74 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)

  1. no data
  2. 76 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 144 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 194 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 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +251.0 %

  1. 27,621
  2. 96,956

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT +230.2 %

  1. 32,901
  2. 108,643

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 151,246

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