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MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC vs KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM

MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC
MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.26 GHz · 150 W Speed index 4/100

The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.26 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.57 TFLOPS.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.22 GHz · 165 W Speed index 4/100

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.22 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.98 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM is 9.0 % faster than the MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC.

MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
Speed index
4/100
4/100
FP32
4.57 TFLOPS
4.98 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.26 GHz
1.22 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
150 W
165 W
Launch Price
169 $
499 $

GPU

GPUMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
Based onAMD Radeon RX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU ChipPolaris 20 XLGM204-400-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3216
Shader20482048
Render Output Units3264
Texture Units128128
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 32 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.

Memory

MemoryMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
Memory Size8 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 MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
Base Clock1.178 GHz1.126 GHz
Boost Clock1.256 GHz1.216 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC has a turbo clock of 1.256 GHz. The turbo frequency of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM is 1.216 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
TDP150 W165 W
Tjunction max90 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin2 x 6-Pin
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM 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 & FansMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 90 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.2
DVI11
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX1212_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
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

DimensionsMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
Length237 mm267 mm
Height114 mm111 mm
Width42 mm38 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight610 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataMSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OCKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ2/2017Q3/2014
Launch Price169 $499 $
Structure size14 nm28 nm
Part-no--98NQH6DHXXXX
Documentsdata sheet--
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC was released in Q2/2017.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM published in Q3/2014 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. 26 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 50 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 74 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 MSI Radeon RX 570 8GT OC +22.6 %

  1. 39,290
  2. 32,043

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM +8.9 %

  1. 35,480
  2. 38,621

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 38,523
  2. no data

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