NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 VS AMD Radeon RX 580
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 970
VS
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4GB GDDR5 148W N/A Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
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 970 | AMD Radeon RX 580 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 148 W | 185 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1340 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 1664 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 104 | 144 |
| ROPs | 56 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 65.97 GPixel/s | 42.88 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 256 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.92 GFLOPS | 6.175 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 5200 Million | 5700 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 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
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4176 (+17%)
AMD Radeon RX 580
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
28989
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
40514 (+40%)
AMD Radeon RX 580
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
46.8 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9637 (+9%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
8835
AMD Radeon RX 580
Game Benchmarks Comparison (198 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+3%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+17%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+16%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 47 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 970 (+1%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+2%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+3%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 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
Radeon RX 580 (+17%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+23%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+18%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+22%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+22%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+24%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+29%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+47%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+48%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+40%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+42%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+50%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 580 Wins!
Based on 195 benchmarks across 66 games
42
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 970
VS
+19.3%
50
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
21
Wins
42
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
11%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 580
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
172
Wins
50
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
88%
Win Rate
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