AMD Radeon RX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1046 MHz
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1085 MHz
  • 1440x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 134 billion / sec
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1536
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 7012 MHz
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8827 vs 5939
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 562
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39028 vs 18068
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 116.142 vs 49.824
  • Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.235 vs 4.899
  • Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 84.034 vs 44.06
  • 5.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.721 vs 103.884
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 7412
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 7412
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 30 May 2013
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 1046 MHz
Boost clock speed 1340 MHz vs 1085 MHz
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 134 billion / sec
Pipelines 2304 vs 1536
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt vs 230 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 7012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8827 vs 5939
PassMark - G2D Mark 767 vs 562
Geekbench - OpenCL 39028 vs 18068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 116.142 vs 49.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.235 vs 4.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 84.034 vs 44.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.721 vs 103.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11281 vs 7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11281 vs 7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

  • 537.6x better floating-point performance: 3,333 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1089.67 vs 1022.932
  • 2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2155 vs 1005
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 3,333 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1089.67 vs 1022.932
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2155 vs 1005

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8827
5939
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
767
562
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39028
18068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
116.142
49.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1022.932
1089.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.235
4.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
84.034
44.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
607.721
103.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11281
7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3695
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11281
7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3695
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1005
2155
Name AMD Radeon RX 580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
PassMark - G3D Mark 8827 5939
PassMark - G2D Mark 767 562
Geekbench - OpenCL 39028 18068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 116.142 49.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1022.932 1089.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.235 4.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 84.034 44.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.721 103.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11281 7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11281 7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1005 2155

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 580 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Kepler
Code name Polaris 20 GK104
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 30 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $399
Place in performance rating 341 515
Price now $169.99 $449.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 76.21 15.45

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1340 MHz 1085 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz 1046 MHz
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs 3,333 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 1536
Pixel fill rate 42.88 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s 134 billion / sec
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt 230 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 1536
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin One 8-pin and one 6-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Minimum recommended system power 600 Watt

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 224.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 7012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA