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ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G vs MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.36 GHz · 185 W Speed index 5/100

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.36 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.68 TFLOPS.

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.18 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T has 1664 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.18 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 3.92 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G is 45 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T.

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4GMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
Speed index
5/100
3/100
FP32
5.68 TFLOPS
3.92 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.36 GHz
1.18 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
185 W
145 W
Launch Price
229 $
299 $

GPU

GPUASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4GMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
Based onAMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU ChipPolaris 20 XTGM204-200-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3613
Shader23041664
Render Output Units3256
Texture Units144104
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4GMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
Memory Size4 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.750 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4GMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
Base Clock1.257 GHz1.051 GHz
Boost Clock1.360 GHz1.178 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.34 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G has a turbo clock of 1.360 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T is 1.178 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4GMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
TDP185 W145 W
Tjunction max90 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin2 x 6-Pin
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4GMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 100 mm2 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4GMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI2x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort2x DP 1.41x DP 1.2
DVI12
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4GMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX1212_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4GMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeNo
AV1NoNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4GMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
Length242 mm275 mm
Height129 mm125 mm
Width38 mm36 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4GMSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ2/2017Q4/2014
Launch Price229 $299 $
Structure size14 nm28 nm
Part-noDUAL-RX580-4G--
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G was released in Q2/2017.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T published in Q4/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

Benchmark results

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 59 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 84 fps (avg)
  2. no data

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G +60.8 %

  1. 43,000
  2. 26,734

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G +26.4 %

  1. 40,241
  2. 31,845

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 42,492
  2. no data

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