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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $329
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Base Clock
Boost Clock
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $999
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MSRP in USD: $999
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$549
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Up to 77% cheaper than Radeon RX 6900 XT - $127.22 vs $549.0
- Up to 58% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Radeon RX 6900 XT - $0.38 vs $0.9 per FPS
- Consumes up to 51% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT - 148 vs 300 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
- Performs up to 83% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than GeForce GTX 970 - 609 vs 333 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 16 vs 4 GB
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
333
54.679802955665025%
Value, $/FPS
$0.38/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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Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
609
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.9/FPS
42.22222222222222%
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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
22.90625%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
17.01388888888889%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
288 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
720 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | Navi II |
$329 | MSRP | $999 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| 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 | 512 GB/s |
| 1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1825 MHz |
| 1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
| 1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce GTX 970 or Radeon RX 6900 XT
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
500 FPS
$4.2/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
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Radeon RX 6900 XT
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Radeon RX 6900 XT
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Radeon RX 6900 XT
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$6.32/FPS
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$5.88/FPS
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