AMD Radeon RX 590 GME vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 GME 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1178 MHz
1822.9x more texture fill rate: 198.7 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
285.7x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6839 vs 3698
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6839 vs 3698
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 20161 vs 3340
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 20161 vs 3340
2.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1001 vs 369

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 Mar 2020 vs 19 September 2014
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1380 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	198.7 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6839 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6839 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	20161 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	20161 vs 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1001 vs 369

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 175 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 687
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9640 vs 8457
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 5140
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 5140

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 687
PassMark - G3D Mark	9640 vs 8457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499 vs 5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499 vs 5140

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

687

766

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8457

9640

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5140

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5140

11499

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6839

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6839

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20161

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20161

3340

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1001

369

Name	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G2D Mark	687	766
PassMark - G3D Mark	8457	9640
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5140	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5140	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6839	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6839	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	20161	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	20161	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1001	369
Geekbench - OpenCL		28498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		490.688

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 590 GME	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	GM204
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch date	9 Mar 2020	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	228	371
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1380 MHz	1178 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	397.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.359 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	6.359 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate	44.16 GPixel/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	198.7 GTexel/s	109 billion / sec
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	148 Watt
Transistor count	5700 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1664
Floating-point performance		3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Pipelines		1664
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm (9.5 inches)	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 6-pins
Width	Dual-slot
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		4x
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround