Polar Grit X2 Pro vs Garmin Forerunner 970 / 570

Polar Grit X2 Pro

Polar Grit X2 Pro

vsGarmin Forerunner 970 / 570

Garmin Forerunner 970 / 570

Polar Grit X2 ProGarmin Forerunner 970 / 570
Display1.39-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 454 x 454, 326 ppi, sapphire crystal glass, always-on option, ambient light sensorGarmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display yet, plus five physical buttons
Body48.6 x 48.6 x 13.4 mm; 79 g with wristband (57 g without); stainless steel case and bezel; 22 mm quick-release wristbands; WR100 water resistance; MIL-STD-810H tested; -20 to 50 C operating temperature—
BatteryUp to 11 days in smartwatch mode; up to 40 hours in performance training mode; up to 110 hours in eco training mode; 488 mAh rechargeable Li-Pol battery (Polar's launch announcement quoted up to 10 days, 43 hours and 140 hours)Up to 15 days in smartwatch mode (970) and up to 11 days (570) (Garmin claims)
Storage32 GB for training data, offline maps and routes—
SensorsPolar Elixir biosensing: 4th-generation optical heart rate, wrist-based ECG, SpO2, nightly skin temperature; barometer, magnetometer compass, accelerometer, gyroscope—
GPSDual-frequency GPS with GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou and QZSS—
NavigationPreloaded maps of Europe and North America, downloadable regions and contour maps in Polar Flow, Breadcrumbs, turn-by-turn navigation powered by komoot, Strava route sync, Track Back, Back to StartMulti-band GPS with SatIQ; full-colour built-in mapping with turn-by-turn directions and round-trip routing (970 only)
ConnectivityBluetooth LE, USB-C charging cable (proprietary connector)—
SoftwarePolar Flow app; Training Load Pro, Recovery Pro, Nightly Recharge, SleepWise, FitSpark, FuelWise, Hill Splitter, orthostatic and running tests—
ExtrasBuilt-in flashlight; wrist-based running power; vertical speed, VAM and 3D speedBuilt-in speaker and microphone, LED flashlight (970 only), ECG app, Garmin Pay, music storage for Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music
ColorsNight Black, Stone-Gray; Grit X2 Pro Titan edition with titanium front casing and an extra leather wristband—
Case—Forerunner 970: 47 mm, titanium bezel, sapphire lens; Forerunner 570: 42 mm or 47 mm, aluminum bezel
Training—Training readiness, Garmin Coach, Garmin Triathlon Coach, running power, running dynamics, VO2 max, PacePro; running tolerance (970)
Health—Sleep score, Body Battery, HRV status, skin temperature, breathing variations, evening report
Price—749.99 dollars (Forerunner 970) and 549.99 dollars (Forerunner 570) at launch in the US