GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon RX 470

GeForce GTX 970
Radeon RX 470
1664 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
1178MHz
2048 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
1206MHz
FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
FP32
4.94 TFLOPS
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FP16
4.94 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
145W
TDP
120W
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
GeForce 900
Family
Radeon R 400
Codename
NV124
GM204
Variant
GM204-200
Codename
Ellesmere
Polaris 10
Variant
Polaris 10 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
9/18/2014
Release Date
8/4/2016
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Die Size
232 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.57M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1664 Shaders
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Shading Units
2048 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
104 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Render Output Units
56 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
13 SMs
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Compute Units
32 CUs
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1050MHz Base
1178MHz
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926MHz Base
1206MHz
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FP16
4.94 TFLOPS
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FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
FP32
4.94 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.12 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.31 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
65.968 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
38.592 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
122.512 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
154.368 GTexel/s
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
1.8MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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4GB
GDDR5
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4GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
Clock
1650MHz
Transfer Rate
6.6GT/s
Bandwidth
211.2GB/s
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TDP
145W
TDP
120W
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
NVENC 3
Model
VCE 3.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 1
Model
UVD 6.3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
95 mm (3.74 in)
Width
240 mm (9.45 in)
Depth
35 mm (1.38 in)
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