AMD Radeon Pro 580X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro 580X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1178 MHz
1585.3x more texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Around 38% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1664
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
242.1x more memory clock speed: 1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35852 vs 28470
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3340
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3340

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2019 vs 19 September 2014
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Pipelines	2304 vs 1664
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	35852 vs 28470
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 3643
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 3643
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 698
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9633 vs 7540

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698 vs 3643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698 vs 3643
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 698
PassMark - G3D Mark	9633 vs 7540

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

35852

28470

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3643

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3340

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

698

766

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7540

9633

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Geekbench - OpenCL	35852	28470
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3643	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3643	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3340
PassMark - G2D Mark	698	766
PassMark - G3D Mark	7540	9633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		489.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11499
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3631

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	GM204
Launch date	18 March 2019	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	357	360
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1178 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	345.6 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.530 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	1664
Pixel fill rate	38.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	172.8 GTexel/s	109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	148 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1664
Floating-point performance		3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		4x
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	217.0 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1695 MHz (6780 MHz effective)	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround