MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5
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XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB only a Best Buy

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 and the XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB only a Best Buy, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and has 1664 texture shaders and 13 execution units.

XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB only a Best Buy is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB only a Best Buy can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 259 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 clocks in the base with up to 1.051 GHz. The base frequency of the XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB only a Best Buy is 1.257 GHz.

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB only a Best Buy has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB only a Best Buy has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB only a Best Buy supports a maximum of 4 screens.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB only a Best Buy is 7680x4320 pixels.

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 is 269 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB only a Best Buy is 270 mm long, 124 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5 was released in Q4/2014 at a price of 299 $.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Edition 8GB only a Best Buy was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 229 $.