AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 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 580 2048SP
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 1050 MHz
- Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1284 MHz vs 1178 MHz
- 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 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34598 vs 28498
- Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 122.268 vs 105.107
- Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1890.261 vs 1225.96
- Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.121 vs 8.737
- 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 117.008 vs 35.714
- Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 625.621 vs 490.688
- 2.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 849 vs 369
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 15 October 2018 vs 19 September 2014 |
| Core clock speed | 1168 MHz vs 1050 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1284 MHz vs 1178 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34598 vs 28498 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 122.268 vs 105.107 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1890.261 vs 1225.96 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 10.121 vs 8.737 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 117.008 vs 35.714 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 625.621 vs 490.688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3709 vs 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 vs 3340 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3709 vs 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 vs 3340 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 849 vs 369 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 150 Watt
- Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9640 vs 7657
- Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 676
- Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 9258
- Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 9258
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 148 Watt vs 150 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9640 vs 7657 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 766 vs 676 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11499 vs 9258 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11499 vs 9258 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7657 | 9640 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 676 | 766 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34598 | 28498 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 122.268 | 105.107 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1890.261 | 1225.96 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 10.121 | 8.737 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 117.008 | 35.714 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 625.621 | 490.688 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9258 | 11499 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3709 | 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 | 3340 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9258 | 11499 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3709 | 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 | 3340 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 849 | 369 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | Polaris 20 | GM204 |
| Launch date | 15 October 2018 | 19 September 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 358 | 371 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | |
| Price now | $407.76 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 28.59 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1284 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1168 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 148 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,700 million | 5,200 million |
| CUDA cores | 1664 | |
| Floating-point performance | 3,920 gflops | |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 98 °C | |
| Pipelines | 1664 | |
| Texture fill rate | 109 billion / sec | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 10.5" (26.7 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pins |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
| SLI options | 4x | |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
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| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 7.0 GB/s |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 224 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
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