Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 11

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 11. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
20
11
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
26
17
11
n/a
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
18
13
9
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
19
15
11
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
14
13
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a15
1080p Ultran/a11
1440p Ultran/a-
4K Ultran/a-
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
n/a
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
1082
Time Spyn/a1149
Fire Striken/a3784
Night Raidn/a14536
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
28989
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
13375
Background Blur77.1 frames/s33.1 frames/s
Face Detection38.1 frames/s14.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.28 Gpix/sec0.45 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.08 Gpix/sec0.72 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.85 Gpix/sec0.6 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.17 Gpix/sec0.17 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching92.9 Gpix/sec45.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2443 fps1490.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
9638
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
2108
G2D Mark766518
DirectX 1171 fps13 fps
DirectX 1241 fps11 fps
GPU Compute4083 Ops/s1372 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
46.8 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
14.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)275.6 fps80 fps
Car Chase273.9 fps75.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)237.9 fps64.8 fps
T-Rex1112.2 fps303.5 fps
ALU 25981 fps350.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2250.7 fps105.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1804.1496.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced September, 19, 2014 February, 13, 2018
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 5.0
Codename GM204 Raven
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1050 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1178 MHz 1250-1400 MHz
Shader Units 1664 704
TMUs 104 44
ROPs 56 16
Execution Units 13 11
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 66 Gpix/sec 20-22 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTex/s 55-62 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS 1.8-2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
TGP 148 W 25 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 28 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 398 mm² 210 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 4.94 billion
Transistor density 12.56 MTr/mm² 23.52 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 4 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
224.4 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2.131
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 n/a
DisplayPort 1.2 n/a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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