NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
VS
AMD Radeon RX 580X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
VS
AMD Radeon RX 580X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and AMD Radeon RX 580X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

168
Place in performance rating
174
68.78
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GK110
Code name
Polaris 20
Desktop
Type
Desktop
23 May 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
11 April 2018 (3 years ago)
$649
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$276 (0.4x MSRP)
Price now
$191
21.49
Value for money
63.70
GK110
GPU code name
Polaris 20
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and AMD Radeon RX 580X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
2304
863 MHz
Core clock speed
1257 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
1340 MHz
7,080 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
185 Watt
160.5 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
193.0
4,156 gflops
Floating-point performance
6,175 gflops
95 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
2304
CUDA cores
no data
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
900 MHz
Boost clock speed
1340 MHz
7,080 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
185 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and AMD Radeon RX 580X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
241 mm
One 8-pin and one 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data
600 Watt
Minimum recommended system power
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and AMD Radeon RX 580X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6008 MHz
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
288.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and AMD Radeon RX 580X, the size and number of monitors.

One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
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4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and AMD Radeon RX 580X is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Blu Ray 3D
no data
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
3D Vision Live
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
PhysX
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and AMD Radeon RX 580X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.3
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and AMD Radeon RX 580X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon RX 580X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
AMD Radeon RX 580X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
AMD Radeon RX 580X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
AMD Radeon RX 580X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
AMD Radeon RX 580X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
AMD Radeon RX 580X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

0.060000000000002% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (288.4 GB/s vs 256.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 580X

Cheaper ($191 vs $276 (0.4x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (185 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 3 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon RX 580X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 versus AMD Radeon RX 580X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
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