The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.39 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.82 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G is 48 % faster than the GALAX GeForce GTX 970.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
2.050 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
8.2 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
262 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.050GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G
Base Clock
1.050 GHz
1.257 GHz
Boost Clock
1.177 GHz
1.393 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 has a turbo clock of 1.177 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G is 1.393 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G
TDP
145 W
185 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 970 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
--
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
--
DVI
2
1
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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
Dimensions
GALAX GeForce GTX 970
ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G
Length
241 mm
236 mm
Height
111 mm
128 mm
Width
38 mm
42 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the ASRock Phantom Gaming M2 Radeon RX 580 8G is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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