AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
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
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High52166
1080p Ultra39139
1440p Ultra26107
4K Ultra1363
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy435317825
Solar Bayn/a82645
Port Royal52711149
Fire Strike1497944109
Night Raid56876152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur59.5 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark7671165
DirectX 1160 fps245 fps
DirectX 1243 fps102 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1039 fps
Car Chasen/a900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a761.2 fps
T-Rexn/a3848.1 fps
ALU 2n/a5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 April, 13, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Polaris 20 AD104
Price 229 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 2304 5888
TMUs 144 184
ROPs 32 64
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 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 185 W 200 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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