NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 VS AMD Radeon RX 580
nvidia
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1024
Cores112.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 960
VS
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
2GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jan 2015
GeForce GTX 960
$199 • Jan 2015
VS
Radeon RX 580
$229 • Apr 2017
AMD Radeon RX 580
8GB GDDR5 185W N/A Apr 2017
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | AMD Radeon RX 580 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 120 W | 185 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1340 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 112.2 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 64 | 144 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 37.7 GPixel/s | 42.88 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 112.2 GTexel/s | 256 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.413 GFLOPS | 6.175 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 2940 Million | 5700 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
2183
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
4176 (+91%)
AMD Radeon RX 580
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
20370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
40514 (+99%)
AMD Radeon RX 580
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
31.1 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
6108
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
8835 (+45%)
AMD Radeon RX 580
Game Benchmarks Comparison (174 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+36%)
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+19%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+19%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+39%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+41%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+36%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+63%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+71%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+63%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+71%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+72%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+73%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+82%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+106%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+107%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+98%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+100%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+105%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 960
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 580 Wins!
Based on 172 benchmarks across 58 games
31
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 960
VS
+62.3%
50
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA • 2GB GDDR5
4
Wins
31
Avg FPS
26
Min FPS
2%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 580
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
169
Wins
50
Avg FPS
43
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
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