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GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

GeForce GTX 970

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC Scheda Video Gaming, Schede Grafiche - 4GB GDDR6, 2825 MHz, PCI Express 4 x 4, 64-bit, 1 x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supporta 4K & 8K)

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GeForce GTX 970

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC Scheda Video Gaming, Schede Grafiche - 4GB GDDR6, 2825 MHz, PCI Express 4 x 4, 64-bit, 1 x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supporta 4K & 8K)

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $329

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $199

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC Scheda Video Gaming, Schede Grafiche - 4GB GDDR6, 2825 MHz, PCI Express 4 x 4, 64-bit, 1 x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supporta 4K & 8K)

XFX TARJETA GRAFICA RADEON RX 6500 XT QUICK 210 BLACK GAMING

Sapphire PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Graphic card 4GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 ATX (11314-01-20G)

ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost Nero

Asrock VGA Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB Challenger ITX

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 2679 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

Performs up to 14% better in Cities: Skylines II than GeForce GTX 970 - 24 vs 21 FPS
Consumes up to 28% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 107 vs 148 Watts

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Cities: Skylines II

Cities: Skylines II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

FPS

21

88%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

FPS

24

100%

Value, €/FPS

€14.69/FPS

100%

Price, €

€352.67

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC Scheda Video Gaming, Schede Grafiche - 4GB GDDR6, 2825 MHz, PCI Express 4 x 4, 64-bit, 1 x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supporta 4K & 8K)

Buy for €352.67 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 7970 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

370

FPS

382

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

61

FPS

73

FPS

Fortnite

Fortnite

594

FPS

624

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

387

FPS

388

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

92

FPS

99

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

65.97 GPixel/s

73%

Texel Fillrate

122.5 GTexel/s

68%

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 970	vs	Radeon RX 6500 XT
Sep 19th, 2014	Release Date	Jan 19th, 2022
GeForce 900	Generation	Navi II
$329	MSRP	$199
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	4 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	64-bit
224.4 GB/s	Bandwidth	143.9 GB/s
1050 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2310 MHz
1178 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2815 MHz
1753 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2248 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTX 970 or Radeon RX 6500 XT

With selected game settings

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1 FPS

€849/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 7 5700X

32 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD

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€849

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1 FPS

€879/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core i5-12400F

32 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD

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€879

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