Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6950 XT outperforms the cheaper 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 6950 XT is 2790 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Up to 34% cheaper than Radeon RX 6950 XT - $469.0 vs $707.18
- Up to 8% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Radeon RX 6950 XT - $1.33 vs $1.44 per FPS
- Consumes up to 56% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT - 148 vs 335 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
- Performs up to 40% better in Counter-Strike 2 than GeForce GTX 970 - 492 vs 352 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 16 vs 4 GB
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
352
71%
Value, $/FPS
$1.33/FPS
100%
Price, $
$469
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $469 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 126 minutes ago
Desktop • May 10th, 2022
FPS
492
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.44/FPS
92%
Price, $
$707.18
66%
FPS Winner
Buy for $707.18 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 125 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Desktop • May 10th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
22%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
16%
Desktop • May 10th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
295.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
739.2 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT |
---|---|---|
Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | May 10th, 2022 |
GeForce 900 | Generation | Navi II |
$329 | MSRP | $1099 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a |
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 | 576 GB/s |
1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1860 MHz |
1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |