Radeon RX 6900 XT vs GeForce GTX 970

Prices and Stock
MSRP $999

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT TOP Edition Gaming Graphics Card (AMD RDNA™ 2, PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-coverage cold plate, 240mm radiator, 600mm tubing)

Sapphire 11308-03-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Special Edition PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6900 XT Boost Clock Up to 2340 MHz 256-bit 16GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Triple Torx 4.0 Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready RGB Graphics Card (RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

Gigabyte PowerColor Red Devil Limited Edition AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

Prices and Stock
MSRP $329

NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …

MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G LE VR Ready Graphics Card

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 970 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6900 XT is 2231 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6900 XT

Performs up to 123% better in Death Stranding than GeForce GTX 970 - 194 vs 87 FPS
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 16 vs 4 GB

Advantages of GeForce GTX 970

Up to 44% better value when playing Death Stranding than Radeon RX 6900 XT - $4.13 vs $7.33 per FPS
Consumes up to 51% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT - 148 vs 300 Watts

This is a free version of Death Stranding.

Death Stranding

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

194

100%

Value, €/FPS

€7.33/FPS

56%

Price, €

€1421.5

25%

FPS Winner

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT TOP Edition Gaming Graphics Card (AMD RDNA™ 2, PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-coverage cold plate, 240mm radiator, 600mm tubing)

Buy for €1,421.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 398 minutes ago

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

FPS

45%

Value, €/FPS

€4.13/FPS

100%

Price, €

€359.46

100%

Value Winner

NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …

Buy for €359.46 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 398 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

1920 x 1080

Ultra

FPS

157

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

387

FPS

401

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Epic

FPS

185

FPS

Fortnite

1920 x 1080

Ultra

351

FPS

626

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

High

594

FPS

896

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

720 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

65.97 GPixel/s

23%

Texel Fillrate

122.5 GTexel/s

17%

Radeon RX 6900 XT	vs	GeForce GTX 970
Oct 28th, 2020	Release Date	Sep 19th, 2014
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 900
$999	MSRP	$329
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	Outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x 8-pin	Power Connectors	2x 6-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
16 GB	Memory	4 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR5
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
512 GB/s	Bandwidth	224.4 GB/s
1825 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1050 MHz
2250 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1178 MHz
2000 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1753 MHz