AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

AMD Radeon RX 590

amd

Brand

8GB GDDR5

Memory

2304

Cores

256 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 590

N/A Nov 2018 View Details
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

nvidia

Brand

4GB GDDR5

Memory

1664

Cores

224.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 970

N/A Sep 2014 View Details
AMD Radeon RX 590

Radeon RX 590

$279 • Nov 2018

VS

GeForce GTX 970

$329 • Sep 2014

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
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Specs Comparison

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 590NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
8 GB 4 GB
GDDR5GDDR5
175 W148 W
N/AN/A
1545 MHz 1178 MHz
256 GB/s 224.4 GB/s
12nm 28nm
GCN 4.0Maxwell 2.0
2304 1664
N/AN/A
144 104
3256
256-bit256-bit
2000 MHz 1753 MHz
49.44 GPixel/s65.97 GPixel/s
256 GTexel/s 224.4 GTexel/s
7.119 GFLOPS 3.92 GFLOPS
2.00 MB2.00 MB
232 mm²398 mm²
5700 Million 5200 Million
450 W300 W
1x 8-pin2x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
1212.1
1.31.3
4.64.6
GlobalFoundriesTSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

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3DMark

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 Background
Geekbench

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 Background
GFXBench

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

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Passmark

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)

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Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince

Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince

7 2019 Action, Adventure, Indie

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
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Chernobylite Complete Edition

Chernobylite Complete Edition

8 2019 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation

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
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Devil's Hunt

Devil's Hunt

8.1 2019 Action, Adventure, Indie

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
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Beyond Two Souls

Beyond Two Souls

7 2020 Action, Adventure

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
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Wolfenstein Youngblood

Wolfenstein Youngblood

7.3 2019 Action

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
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The Sinking City

The Sinking City

7 2021 Action, Adventure

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 Radeon RX 590

AMD • 8GB GDDR5

56
Wins
47
Avg FPS
39
Min FPS
93%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5

3
Wins
34
Avg FPS
28
Min FPS
5%
Win Rate

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