ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

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

GPU

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Polaris 20 XT GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
2304 Shader 1664
32 Render Output Units 56
144 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G has a turbo clock of 1.360 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 1.178 GHz.

1.257 GHz Base Clock 1.050 GHz
1.360 GHz Boost Clock 1.178 GHz
1.34 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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.

185 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

242 mm Length 267 mm
129 mm Height 111 mm
38 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G was released in Q2/2017.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 published in Q3/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

DUAL-RX580-4G Part-no --
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2014
229 $ Launch Price 299 $
14 nm Structure size 28 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

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)

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
4 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
4 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G ASUS Dual Radeon RX 580 4G
4 GB GDDR5
84 fps (avg)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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