AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1190 MHz vs 1178 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 148 Watt
342.9x more memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3340
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3340

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 November 2018 vs 19 September 2014
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 148 Watt
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

3.5x more core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 8870
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 8870
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 3586
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 3586
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27020 vs 22421
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 773 vs 585
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9646 vs 4809

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698 vs 3586
Geekbench - OpenCL	27020 vs 22421
PassMark - G2D Mark	773 vs 585
PassMark - G3D Mark	9646 vs 4809

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8870

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8870

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3586

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3586

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3340

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

22421

27020

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

585

773

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4809

9646

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8870	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8870	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3586	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3586	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3340
Geekbench - OpenCL	22421	27020
PassMark - G2D Mark	585	773
PassMark - G3D Mark	4809	9646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		489.884
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3622

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Vega 12	GM204
Launch date	14 November 2018	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	360	357
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	148 Watt
CUDA cores		1664
Floating-point performance		3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Pipelines		1664
Texture fill rate		109 billion / sec
Transistor count		5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		4x
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		224 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround