Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 570

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs AMD Radeon RX 570. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 570
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
50
41
26
65
37
28
17
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
44
38
19
10
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
62
46
33
12
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
51
44
30
15
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
27
20
15
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
44
38
24
15
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
28
20
14
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
27
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
51
45
26
13
Avg FPS
1080p High7244
1080p Ultra5535
1440p Ultra3922
4K Ultra2111
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
AMD Radeon RX 570
3694
Time Spy58563854
Port Royal3250n/a
Fire Strike1950613444
Night Raid7000150383
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
AMD Radeon RX 570
37147
Background Blur134.8 frames/s55.7 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s31.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec1.41 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec2.82 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec2.57 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec0.31 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec143.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps5080.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
AMD Radeon RX 570
7968
G2D Mark853724
DirectX 11106 fps55 fps
DirectX 1255 fps39 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s2965 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 570
48.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fps274.6 fps
Car Chase375.2 fps259.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fps219 fps
T-Rex1867.7 fps1018.3 fps
ALU 21803.6 fps1061.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2264 fps150.4 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2238.8795.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 2, 2015 April, 18, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 4.0
Codename GM200 Polaris 20
Price 649 169

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1168 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1244 MHz
Shader Units 2816 2048
TMUs 176 128
ROPs 96 32
Execution Units 22 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 40 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 159 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 5.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 150 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 28 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 601 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 384 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 570
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 n/a
DisplayPort 1.2 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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