Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs AMD Radeon RX 580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 580
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
76
38
33
15
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
52
40
23
13
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
78
56
37
16
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
58
49
34
17
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
33
23
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
47
41
27
15
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
33
24
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
30
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
60
51
31
18
Avg FPS
1080p High7252
1080p Ultra5539
1440p Ultra3926
4K Ultra2113
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Time Spy58564353
Port Royal3250527
Fire Strike1950614979
Night Raid7000156876
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Background Blur134.8 frames/s59.5 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec3.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec2.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec161.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps5395.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
G2D Mark853767
DirectX 11106 fps60 fps
DirectX 1255 fps43 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s3529 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fpsn/a
Car Chase375.2 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex1867.7 fpsn/a
ALU 21803.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2264 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2238.8n/a

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 High-end
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 4.0
Codename GM200 Polaris 20
Price 649 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1257 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1340 MHz
Shader Units 2816 2304
TMUs 176 144
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 43 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 193 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 185 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 2000 MHz
Bus 384 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 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

Results

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