AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
—Rasterization22.5
—Ray Tracing20
26.9Memoryspec-based32.4
97.8Efficiencyspec-based76.3
20Compute29.8
4 spec wins — AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB3 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB
- 121% higher Boost clock: 2,600 MHz vs 1,178 MHz
- 86% lower process: 4 nm vs 28 nm
- 37% lower TDP: 92 W vs 145 W
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Stronger compute score: 30 vs 20
- 300% higher Bus width: 256 bit vs 64 bit
- 63% higher Shading units: 1,664 vs 1,024
- 56% higher bandwidth: 224 GB/s vs 144 GB/s
General
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2026+1% | 2014 |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Maxwell |
| Process | 4 nm+86% | 28 nm |
| TDP | 92 W+37% | 145 W |
| Power connector | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 1,024 | 1,664+63% |
| RT cores | 16 | — |
| Tensor / AI cores | 32 | — |
| Base clock | — | 1,050 MHz |
| Boost clock | 2,600 MHz+121% | 1,178 MHz |
Memory
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| VRAM type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit+300% |
| Bandwidth | 144 GB/s | 224 GB/s+56% |
Benchmarks
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | — | 3,625Bottom 7% |
| PassMark G3D | — | 9,635Bottom 13% |
Features
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | FSR 4 | — |
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