AMD Radeon RX 570 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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.

AMD Radeon RX 570

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3685.9x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 43.2 billion / sec
16x more pipelines: 2048 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
6.4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
9.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6967 vs 769
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 626 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 28 March 2008
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s vs 43.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967 vs 769
PassMark - G2D Mark	626 vs 366

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Around 82% higher core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 926-1168 MHz
84.7x better floating-point performance: 432.1 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 150 Watt

Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 926-1168 MHz
Floating-point performance	432.1 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6967

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

626

366

Name	AMD Radeon RX 570	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	626	366
Geekbench - OpenCL	35694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	878

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 570	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Polaris 20	G92
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	28 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$299
Place in performance rating	411	414
Price now	$149.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	59.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206-1244 MHz
Core clock speed	926-1168 MHz	1688 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.1 TFLOPs	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	128
Pixel fill rate	39.81 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s	43.2 billion / sec
Texture Units	128
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI