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Graphics card comparison

Radeon RX 470 vs GeForce GTX 970

AMD

Radeon RX 470

4096 Mb GDDR5 Released 29 Jun 2016 DESKTOP
Radeon RX 470
Nvidia

GeForce GTX 970

4096 Mb GDDR5 Released 19 Sep 2014 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 970

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Radeon RX 470105%
  • GeForce GTX 970100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 470102%
  • GeForce GTX 970100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 470

  • This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Supports FreeSync
  • Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports TrueAudio
  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 970

  • Supports PhysX
  • Supports G-Sync
  • Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
No winner
Our verdict

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (76 combinations of games and resolutions).

Specifications

Core configuration

Radeon RX 470GeForce GTX 970
GPU NameEllesmere (Ellesmere PRO)GM204 (GM204-200-A1)
Fab Process14 nm28 nm
Die Size232 mm²398 mm²
Transistors5,700 million5,200 million
Shaders20481664
Compute Units3213
Core clock926 MHz1050 MHz
ROPs3256
TMUs128104

Memory configuration

Radeon RX 470GeForce GTX 970
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Bus Width256 bit256 bit
Memory Speed1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective		1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mb4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 470GeForce GTX 970
TDP120 watts148 watts
Release Date29 Jun 201619 Sep 2014

Raw performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 47038.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 97058.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 470154.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 970109.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 470211.20 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 970224.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 4704940.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 9703494.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • Radeon RX 47016690
  • GeForce GTX 97015750

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon RX 47051
  • GeForce GTX 97064

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • Radeon RX 47053
  • GeForce GTX 97055

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47064
  • GeForce GTX 97065

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47046
  • GeForce GTX 97047

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • Radeon RX 47084
  • GeForce GTX 97091

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47064
  • GeForce GTX 97053

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 47058
  • GeForce GTX 97062

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47075
  • GeForce GTX 97076

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47049
  • GeForce GTX 97054

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 47076
  • GeForce GTX 97079

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • Radeon RX 47066
  • GeForce GTX 97053

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47051
  • GeForce GTX 97049

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47049
  • GeForce GTX 97047

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47086
  • GeForce GTX 97077

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47063
  • GeForce GTX 97063

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 47048
  • GeForce GTX 97044

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47068
  • GeForce GTX 97062

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47083
  • GeForce GTX 97078

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47072
  • GeForce GTX 97066

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 47049
  • GeForce GTX 97053

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • Radeon RX 47068
  • GeForce GTX 97061

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon RX 47052
  • GeForce GTX 97057

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon RX 47065
  • GeForce GTX 97064

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47042
  • GeForce GTX 97044

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 47072
  • GeForce GTX 97047

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon RX 47032
  • GeForce GTX 97041

FPS (higher is better)

Ashes Of The Singularity

High Quality Mode, 8 millon samples, 2xMSAA, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47046
  • GeForce GTX 97041

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • Radeon RX 47036
  • GeForce GTX 97040

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47044
  • GeForce GTX 97045

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47032
  • GeForce GTX 97036

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • Radeon RX 47055
  • GeForce GTX 97058

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47044
  • GeForce GTX 97037

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 47039
  • GeForce GTX 97043

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47047
  • GeForce GTX 97044

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47038
  • GeForce GTX 97039

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 47051
  • GeForce GTX 97055

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • Radeon RX 47047
  • GeForce GTX 97037

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47029
  • GeForce GTX 97029

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • Radeon RX 47067
  • GeForce GTX 97069

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47034
  • GeForce GTX 97031

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47044
  • GeForce GTX 97042

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 47031
  • GeForce GTX 97029

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47048
  • GeForce GTX 97045

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47055
  • GeForce GTX 97049

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47052
  • GeForce GTX 97045

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 47036
  • GeForce GTX 97042

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • Radeon RX 47050
  • GeForce GTX 97044

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon RX 47037
  • GeForce GTX 97040

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon RX 47044
  • GeForce GTX 97045

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47029
  • GeForce GTX 97030

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 47047
  • GeForce GTX 97032

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon RX 47019
  • GeForce GTX 97025

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • Radeon RX 47015
  • GeForce GTX 97021

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47021
  • GeForce GTX 97022

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47025
  • GeForce GTX 97025

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • Radeon RX 47027
  • GeForce GTX 97029

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47021
  • GeForce GTX 97018

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • Radeon RX 47021
  • GeForce GTX 97023

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47022
  • GeForce GTX 97020

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47022
  • GeForce GTX 97021

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 47025
  • GeForce GTX 97027

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • Radeon RX 47025
  • GeForce GTX 97019

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47013
  • GeForce GTX 97014

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • Radeon RX 47034
  • GeForce GTX 97038

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47019
  • GeForce GTX 97019

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47021
  • GeForce GTX 97019

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 47015
  • GeForce GTX 97014

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47030
  • GeForce GTX 97026

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47026
  • GeForce GTX 97025

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47031
  • GeForce GTX 97025

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 47022
  • GeForce GTX 97025

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon RX 47021
  • GeForce GTX 97018

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • Radeon RX 47022
  • GeForce GTX 97023

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 47014
  • GeForce GTX 97016

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 47027
  • GeForce GTX 97019

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • Radeon RX 47019
  • GeForce GTX 97023

FPS (higher is better)

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