Amazfit Balance vs Garmin Forerunner 970

Size, specs & wrist fit compared

Amazfit Balance

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 Amazfit Balance has the larger screen, 1.5 in across against 1.4 in on the Garmin Forerunner 970.
Battery: 15 days for the Garmin Forerunner 970 against 14 days for the Amazfit Balance in everyday use; about 26 hours each with GPS on.
Only the Garmin Forerunner 970 has an ECG app and a sapphire lens.

2.3mm thinner, the Amazfit Balance is the one that slides under a shirt cuff.

Among the 85 smartwatches 46mm across that we hold thickness for, the Amazfit Balance is thinner than 98%, so it wears flatter than its width suggests.

The Garmin Forerunner 970 is 1mm wider, 2.3mm thicker and 21g heavier than the Amazfit Balance.

Amazfit

Balance

Garmin

Forerunner 970

Case width

46mm

47mm+1mm

Thickness

10.6mm

12.9mm+2.3mm

Weight

35g

56g+21g

Amazfit Balance or Garmin Forerunner 970 by wrist size

Wrist round (mm left each side)	Amazfit Balance≈53mm lug to lug, est.	Garmin Forerunner 970≈54mm lug to lug, est.
14 cm / 5.5 in	Overhangs (3.9mm over)	Overhangs (4.4mm over)
15 cm / 5.9 in	Overhangs (2.3mm over)	Overhangs (2.8mm over)
16 cm / 6.3 in	Overhangs (0.7mm over)	Overhangs (1.2mm over)
17 cm / 6.7 in	Bold (0.9mm)	Bold (0.4mm)
18 cm / 7.1 in	Sweet spot (2.5mm)	Sweet spot (2mm)
19 cm / 7.5 in	Sweet spot (4.1mm)	Sweet spot (3.6mm)
20 cm / 7.9 in	Balanced (5.8mm)	Balanced (5.3mm)