Amazfit Active 2 vs Garmin Forerunner 970

Size, specs & wrist fit compared

Amazfit Active 2

Garmin Forerunner 970 Part 010-02969-00

Which one fits you

Under 16.5 cm (6.5 in) round, the Garmin Forerunner 970's lugs overhang and the Amazfit Active 2's do not; the Amazfit Active 2 fills the wrist at 16.5–18.5 cm, the Garmin Forerunner 970 at 17.5–19.5 cm.

What else differs

Screen: the Garmin Forerunner 970 has the larger screen, 1.4 in across against 1.32 in on the Amazfit Active 2.
Battery: 15 days for the Garmin Forerunner 970 against 10 days for the Amazfit Active 2 in everyday use; 26 hours for the Garmin Forerunner 970 against 21 hours for the Amazfit Active 2 with GPS on.
Only the Garmin Forerunner 970 has an ECG app.

3mm thinner, the Amazfit Active 2 is the one that slides under a shirt cuff.

Among the 22 smartwatches 44mm across that we hold thickness for, the Amazfit Active 2 is thinner than 86%, so it wears flatter than its width suggests.

The Garmin Forerunner 970 is 3.1mm wider, 3mm thicker and 26.5g heavier than the Amazfit Active 2.

Amazfit

Active 2

Garmin

Forerunner 970

Case width

43.9mm

47mm+3.1mm

Thickness

9.9mm

12.9mm+3mm

Weight

29.5g

56g+26.5g

Amazfit Active 2 or Garmin Forerunner 970 by wrist size

Wrist round (mm left each side)	Amazfit Active 2≈50.5mm lug to lug, est.	Garmin Forerunner 970≈54mm lug to lug, est.
14 cm / 5.5 in	Overhangs (2.7mm over)	Overhangs (4.4mm over)
15 cm / 5.9 in	Overhangs (1.1mm over)	Overhangs (2.8mm over)
16 cm / 6.3 in	Bold (0.6mm)	Overhangs (1.2mm over)
17 cm / 6.7 in	Sweet spot (2.2mm)	Bold (0.4mm)
18 cm / 7.1 in	Sweet spot (3.8mm)	Sweet spot (2mm)
19 cm / 7.5 in	Balanced (5.4mm)	Sweet spot (3.6mm)
20 cm / 7.9 in	Balanced (7mm)	Balanced (5.3mm)