Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 970

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 970. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) and Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
161
104
94
72
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High155n/a
1080p Ultra130n/a
1440p Ultra98n/a
4K Ultra58n/a
DeviationHighn/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
n/a
Time Spy15883n/a
Solar Bay75679n/a
Port Royal10187n/a
Fire Strike42670n/a
Night Raid147785n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
28989
Background Blurn/a77.1 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a38.1 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a1.28 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a2.08 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a1.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.17 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a92.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a2443 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
9638
G2D Mark1200766
DirectX 11217 fps71 fps
DirectX 1286 fps41 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s4083 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
46.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a275.6 fps
Car Chasen/a273.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a237.9 fps
T-Rexn/a1112.2 fps
ALU 2n/a5981 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a250.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1804.1

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 September, 19, 2014
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Maxwell 2.0
Codename GB206-300 GM204
Price n/a 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1050 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1178 MHz
Shader Units 4608 1664
TMUs 144 104
ROPs 48 56
Execution Units 36 13
Ray Tracing Cores 36 No
Tensor Cores 144 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 66 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 180 W 148 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 28 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 398 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 12.56 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1753 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
224.4 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 5.2
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.2
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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