EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0
vs
ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 8G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 8G OC is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 GPU ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 8G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture GCN 4
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
1664 Shader 2304
56 Render Output Units 32
104 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 8G OC is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.216 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
1.367 GHz Boost Clock 1.424 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 is powered by 2 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 8G OC has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 185 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 8G OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 8G OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 8G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 8G OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

241 mm Length 236 mm
111 mm Height 128 mm
-- Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q3/2014.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX 580 8G OC came on the market in Q2/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

04G-P4-2978-KR Part-no PG D RADEON RX580 8G OC
Q3/2014 Release date Q2/2017
299 $ Launch Price 229 $
28 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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