AMD Radeon RX 580
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 580
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

149
Place in performance rating
132
71.43
Value for money (0-100)
27.18
Polaris
Architecture
Maxwell
Polaris 20
Code name
GM204
Desktop
Type
Desktop
18 April 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
19 September 2014 (7 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$566 (2.5x MSRP)
Price now
$290 (0.9x MSRP)
23.02
Value for money
34.98
Polaris 20
GPU code name
GM204
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
1664
1257 MHz
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
1340 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
5,200 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
185 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
148 Watt
193.0
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
6,175 gflops
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
no data
CUDA cores
1664
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
1340 MHz
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
5,200 million
185 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
148 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
241 mm
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
no data
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
no data
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
256.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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G-SYNC support
+
no data
Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
2.0
no data
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Surround
+
no data
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
no data
GameStream
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
no data
GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
no data
Vulkan
1.1.126
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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 AMD Radeon RX 580 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
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 AMD Radeon RX 580

More pipelines (2304 vs 1664)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (256.0 GB/s vs 224 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

0.23% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($290 (0.9x MSRP) vs $566 (2.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (148 Watt vs 185 Watt)

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Radeon RX 580 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 .

AMD Radeon RX 580 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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