AMD Radeon RX 580 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 580
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 580
8GB GDDR5 185W N/A Apr 2017
Radeon RX 580
$229 • Apr 2017
VS
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4GB GDDR5 165W N/A Sep 2014
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 580 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 185 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1340 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 128 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 42.88 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 6.175 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
4176 (+17%)
AMD Radeon RX 580
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
40514 (+21%)
AMD Radeon RX 580
33492
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 580
FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8835
AMD Radeon RX 580
11113 (+26%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison (198 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+23%)
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+40%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+40%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+20%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+18%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+23%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+3%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+4%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+0%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX 580 (+0%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+2%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+4%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+4%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+9%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+22%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+24%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+18%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+21%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+26%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 580 Wins!
Based on 198 benchmarks across 66 games
50
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 580
VS
+0.9%
49
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 580
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
104
Wins
50
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
53%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
77
Wins
49
Avg FPS
41
Min FPS
39%
Win Rate
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