AMD Radeon RX 470 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 470
$179
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
$329
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2048 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
1206MHz
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1664 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
1178MHz
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Peak AI Performance
4.94 TFLOPS
FP16
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Peak AI Performance
15.68 TOPS
INT8
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FP32
4.94 TFLOPS
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FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
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FP16
4.94 TFLOPS
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-
-
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
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TDP
120W
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TDP
145W
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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Peak AI Performance
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Radeon RX 470 - 4.94 TFLOPS FP16
x1
GeForce GTX 970 - 15.68 TOPS INT8
x3.17
FP32
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Radeon RX 470 - 4.94 TFLOPS FP32
x1.26
GeForce GTX 970 - 3.92 TFLOPS FP32
x1
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Radeon RX 470 - 211.2GB/s
x1
GeForce GTX 970 - 224GB/s
x1.06
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Radeon RX 470 - 120W
x1
GeForce GTX 970 - 145W
x1.21
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Radeon RX 470 - GB6 OpenCL 32,585
x1.12
GeForce GTX 970 - GB6 OpenCL 29,200
x1
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Manufacturer
AMD
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
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Chip Designer
AMD
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Chip Designer
NVIDIA
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Architecture
GCN 4
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Architecture
Maxwell 2
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Family
Radeon R 400
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Family
GeForce 900
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Codename
Ellesmere
Polaris 10
Variant
Polaris 10 XL
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Codename
NV124
GM204
Variant
GM204-200
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Release Date
8/4/2016
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Release Date
9/18/2014
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
232 mm²
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
24.57M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
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Form
PCIe Card
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Shading Units
2048 Shaders
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Shading Units
1664 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
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Texture Mapping Units
104 TMUs
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Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Render Output Units
56 ROPs
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-
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Streaming Multiprocessors
13 SMs
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Compute Units
32 CUs
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-
-
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926MHz Base
1206MHz
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1050MHz Base
1178MHz
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Peak AI Performance
4.94 TFLOPS
FP16
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Peak AI Performance
15.68 TOPS
INT8
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FP16
4.94 TFLOPS
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-
-
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FP32
4.94 TFLOPS
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FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
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FP64
310 GFLOPS
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FP64
120 GFLOPS
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-
-
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INT8
15.68 TOPS
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-
-
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INT32
3.92 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
38.592 GPixel/s
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Pixel Fillrate
65.968 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
154.368 GTexel/s
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Texture Fillrate
122.512 GTexel/s
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L1
-
16KB/CU
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L1
48KB/SM
-
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L2
2MB Shared
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L2
1.8MB Shared
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4GB
GDDR5
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4GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
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Bus Width
256Bit
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Clock
1650MHz
Transfer Rate
6.6GT/s
Bandwidth
211.2GB/s
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Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
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TDP
120W
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TDP
145W
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-
3x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
5120x2880
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Max Resolution
4096x2304
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Multi Monitor Support
3
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Multi Monitor Support
3
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Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
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-
-
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Model
VCE 3.0
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Model
2x NVENC 3
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Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 6.3
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Model
NVDEC 1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
-
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
-
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
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Shader Model
6.7
-
-
GFX
8
-
-
-
-
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
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Height
95 mm (3.74 in)
Width
240 mm (9.45 in)
Depth
35 mm (1.38 in)
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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