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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $999
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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6900 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 6900 XT is 2231 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
- Performs up to 86% better in Rust than GeForce GTX 970 - 184 vs 99 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 16 vs 4 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Up to 77% cheaper than Radeon RX 6900 XT - $127.22 vs $549.0
- Up to 57% better value when playing Rust than Radeon RX 6900 XT - $1.29 vs $2.98 per FPS
- Consumes up to 51% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT - 148 vs 300 Watts
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
184
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.98/FPS
43%
Price, $
$549
23%
FPS Winner
GIGABYTE PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache
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GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
99
53%
Value, $/FPS
$1.29/FPS
100%
Price, $
$127.22
100%
Value Winner
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0, 26% Cooler and 36% Quieter Cooling Graphics Card 04G-P4-2974-KR
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
288 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
720 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
22%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
17%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
Oct 28th, 2020 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| Navi II | Generation | GeForce 900 |
| $999 | MSRP | $329 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 2x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
512 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
1825 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1050 MHz |
2250 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1178 MHz |
2000 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 6900 XT or GeForce GTX 970
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
146 FPS
$14.38/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 9 5900X
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Radeon RX 6900 XT
Core i9-11900KF
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Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 9 5950X
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Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 9 5950X
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$45.81/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 7 5800X
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146 FPS
$21.64/FPS
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Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 2 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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$20.14/FPS
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Ryzen 7 5800X
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