AMD Radeon RX 480 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 1050 MHz
• Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 1178 MHz
• Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 182.3 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
• 1000x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 766
• Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39538 vs 28498
• Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 67.879 vs 35.714
• Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 597.772 vs 490.688
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3719 vs 3698
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3340
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3719 vs 3698
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3340
• 2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 966 vs 369

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

• 675.9x better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
• Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 150 Watt
• Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9640 vs 8578
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.107 vs 103.851
• Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1225.96 vs 769.541
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.737 vs 7.593
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 11172
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 11172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	8578 9640
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	774 766
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	39538 28498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	103.851 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	769.541 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7.593 8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	67.879 35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	597.772 490.688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11172 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3719 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3361 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11172 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3719 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3361 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	966 369

Compare specifications (specs)