Amazfit Active Edge vs Garmin Forerunner 970

Size, specs & wrist fit compared

Amazfit Active Edge

Garmin Forerunner 970 Part 010-02969-00

Which one fits you

Both need much the same wrist: neither overhangs from 16.5 cm (6.5 in) round, and both are in their sweet spot around 17.5–19.5 cm. Wrist size will not decide between these two.

What else differs

Screen: the Garmin Forerunner 970 has the larger screen, 1.4 in across against 1.32 in on the Amazfit Active Edge, and the Amazfit Active Edge uses an LCD screen, the Garmin Forerunner 970 a bright AMOLED screen.
Battery: 16 days for the Amazfit Active Edge against 15 days for the Garmin Forerunner 970 in everyday use; 26 hours for the Garmin Forerunner 970 against 20 hours for the Amazfit Active Edge with GPS on.
Only the Garmin Forerunner 970 has an ECG app, contactless payments (NFC) and a sapphire lens.

The Amazfit Active Edge and Garmin Forerunner 970 share a near-identical 46.6mm case, so on the wrist the difference is thickness and weight.

The Garmin Forerunner 970 is 0.4mm wider, 0.9mm thicker and 22g heavier than the Amazfit Active Edge.

Amazfit

Active Edge

Garmin

Forerunner 970

Case width

46.6mm

47mm+0.4mm

Thickness

12mm

12.9mm+0.9mm

Weight

34g

56g+22g

Amazfit Active Edge or Garmin Forerunner 970 by wrist size

Wrist round (mm left each side)	Amazfit Active Edge≈53.5mm lug to lug, est.	Garmin Forerunner 970≈54mm lug to lug, est.
14 cm / 5.5 in	Overhangs (4.2mm over)	Overhangs (4.4mm over)
15 cm / 5.9 in	Overhangs (2.6mm over)	Overhangs (2.8mm over)
16 cm / 6.3 in	Overhangs (0.9mm over)	Overhangs (1.2mm over)
17 cm / 6.7 in	Bold (0.7mm)	Bold (0.4mm)
18 cm / 7.1 in	Sweet spot (2.3mm)	Sweet spot (2mm)
19 cm / 7.5 in	Sweet spot (3.9mm)	Sweet spot (3.6mm)
20 cm / 7.9 in	Balanced (5.5mm)	Balanced (5.3mm)