AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4GB GDDR5 148W N/A Sep 2014
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 175 W | 148 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1664 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 104 |
| ROPs | 32 | 56 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 3.92 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 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
4611 (+29%)
AMD Radeon RX 590
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783 (+58%)
AMD Radeon RX 590
28989
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
61.2 FPS (+31%)
AMD Radeon RX 590
46.8 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
9637 (+3%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Game Benchmarks Comparison (60 benchmarks)
Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince
7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Frozenbyte
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+47%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+50%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+61%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chernobylite Complete Edition
8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation The Farm 51
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+7%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+23%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+78%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 4 FPS
Winner
Loser
Devil's Hunt
8.1 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Layopi Games
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+22%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+18%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+33%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Beyond Two Souls
7 2020 • Action, Adventure Quantic Dream
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+40%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+58%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+34%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Wolfenstein Youngblood
7.3 2019 • Action Machine Games, Arkane Studios
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+163%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+123%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+144%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City
7 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+20%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+19%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+19%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 590 Wins!
Based on 60 benchmarks across 20 games
47
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+37.8%
34
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
56
Wins
47
Avg FPS
39
Min FPS
93%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
3
Wins
34
Avg FPS
28
Min FPS
5%
Win Rate
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