Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 6800 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 6800 is 2231 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of GeForce GTX 970
- Consumes up to 41% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 - 148 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of Radeon RX 6800
- Performs up to 68% better in Far Cry 6 than GeForce GTX 970 - 146 vs 87 FPS
- Up to 7% cheaper than GeForce GTX 970 - $369.99 vs $399.00
- Up to 45% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than GeForce GTX 970 - $2.53 vs $4.59 per FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 16 vs 4 GB
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Buy for $399 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 79 minutes ago
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
146
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.53/FPS
100%
Price, $
$369.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $369.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 79 minutes ago
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
33%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
24%
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
202.1 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
505.2 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 970 | vs | Radeon RX 6800 |
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Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
GeForce 900 | Generation | Navi II |
$329 | MSRP | $579 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 512 GB/s |
1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1700 MHz |
1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2105 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |