AMD Radeon RX 580X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX 580X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 863 MHz
Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 902 MHz
1114.1x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 173.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 6008 MHz

Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 10 September 2013
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 863 MHz
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz vs 902 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 173.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 6008 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB

670.3x better floating-point performance: 4,156 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18294
PassMark - G2D Mark	652
PassMark - G3D Mark	7514
Geekbench - OpenCL	41822

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler
Code name	Polaris 20	GK110B
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	10 September 2013
Place in performance rating	193	not rated
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz	902 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	863 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	4,156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	2304
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	173.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	7,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
VR Ready