FPS Winner

The Radeon RX 7800 XT is a clear winner – it's at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce GTX 970 and it's also a better value for money, as it's only $799.00 more expensive!

Advantages of the Radeon RX 7800 XT

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A better value for money for gaming
Up to 300% more VRAM memory – 16 vs 4 GB

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 970

Up to 67% cheaper – $399.00 vs $1198.00
Consumes up to 44% less energy – 148 vs 263 Watts

Radeon RX 7800 XT vs GeForce GTX 970 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon RX 7800 XT

Aug 25th, 2023

Average FPS

163

100%

Min 1% FPS

100

100%

Price, $

$1198

33%

Value, $/FPS

$7.34/FPS

84%

XFX Speedster QICK319 Radeon RX 7800 XT White CORE Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 HDMI 3xDP, AMD RDNA 3 RX-78TQICKW9

ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 7800 XT OC RX7800XT CL 16GO 16GB GDDR6-90-GA4SZZ-00UANF

Yeston AMD Radeon Gaming RX 7800 XT 16G GDDR6 256bit 5nm Graphics Cards SA DP *3 + HDMI Desktop Computer PC GPU

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7800 XT Gaming OC 16G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans 16GB 256-bit GDDR6, GV-R78XTGAMING OC-16GD Video Card

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT Gaming 16GB GDDR6 Dual Video Card

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 7800 XT OC Edition 16GB GDDR6 (AMD RDNA 3, PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6 Memory, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.1)

PowerColor Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

Sapphire 11330-02-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 3

XFX Quicksilver AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT Magnetic Air Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, RDNA3 RX-78TMAIRW9

GeForce GTX 970

Sep 19th, 2014

Average FPS

40%

Min 1% FPS

32%

Price, $

$399

100%

Value, $/FPS

$6.13/FPS

100%

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

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

Radeon RX 7800 XT vs GeForce GTX 970 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

Radeon RX 7800 XT

Aug 25th, 2023

GeForce GTX 970

Sep 19th, 2014

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon RX 7800 XT vs GeForce GTX 970 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon RX 7800 XT

Aug 25th, 2023

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

20086

100%

GeForce GTX 970

Sep 19th, 2014

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

3646

18%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon RX 7800 XT vs GeForce GTX 970 in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon RX 7800 XT

Aug 25th, 2023

Memory

16 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

624.1 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

233.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

583.2 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

37.32 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce GTX 970

Sep 19th, 2014

Memory

4 GB

25%

Memory Bandwidth

224.4 GB/s

36%

Pixel Fillrate

65.97 GPixel/s

28%

Texture Fillrate

122.5 GTexel/s

21%

FP32

3.92 TFLOPS

11%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon RX 7800 XT	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce GTX 970
General
Aug 25th, 2023	Release Date	Sep 19th, 2014
$499.00	MSRP	$329.00
Navi III	Generation	GeForce 900
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
263 W	Power Consumption	148 W
Memory
16 GB	Memory Size	4 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR5
256-bit	Memory Bus	256-bit
624.1 GB/s	Bandwidth	224.4 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
233.3 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	65.97 GPixel/s
583.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	122.5 GTexel/s
37.32 TFLOPS	FP32	3.92 TFLOPS

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158 FPS
$8.85/FPS
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CPURyzen 7 7700
RAM32 GB
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Skytech Eclipse Lite
$1,699.99
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$10.96/FPS
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