AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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
76
38
33
15
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High52141
1080p Ultra39119
1440p Ultra2688
4K Ultra1351
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy435313641
Solar Bayn/a64184
Port Royal5278309
Fire Strike1497934034
Night Raid56876120956
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur59.5 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark767998
DirectX 1160 fps181 fps
DirectX 1243 fps85 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a856 fps
Car Chasen/a668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a592.9 fps
T-Rexn/a3078.4 fps
ALU 2n/a4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a4563.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 October, 22, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Ampere
Codename Polaris 20 GA104
Price 229 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 2304 5888
TMUs 144 184
ROPs 32 96
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores No 46
Tensor Cores No 184
L1 cache 16 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 185 W 220 W
Process GlobalFoundries Samsung
Process tech. 14 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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