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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 vs MSI Radeon RX 580 8G

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.22 GHz · 165 W Speed index 4/100
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
MSI Radeon RX 580 8G 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.34 GHz · 185 W Speed index 5/100
In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is 12 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Speed index
4/100
5/100
FP32
4.98 TFLOPS
5.60 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.22 GHz
1.34 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
256 GB/s
TDP
165 W
185 W
Launch Price
499 $
229 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GPU ChipGM204-400-A1Polaris 20 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors1636
Shader20482304
Render Output Units6432
Texture Units128144
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Memory Size4 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s256 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Base Clock1.127 GHz1.257 GHz
Boost Clock1.216 GHz1.340 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 clocks in the base with up to 1.127 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is 1.257 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
TDP165 W185 W
Tjunction max98 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 6-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Fan-TypeRadialRadial
Fan 11 x 65 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4
DVI1--
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
Length267 mm243 mm
Height111 mm111 mm
Width40 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight--650 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G is 243 mm long, 111 mm high and 40 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MSI Radeon RX 580 8G
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2014Q2/2017
Launch Price499 $229 $
Structure size28 nm14 nm
Documents--data sheet
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 was released in Q3/2014 at a price of 499 $.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 8G was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 229 $.

Benchmark results

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 580 8G +32.3 %

  1. 32,043
  2. 42,394

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan MSI Radeon RX 580 8G +2.7 %

  1. 38,621
  2. 39,674

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 41,894

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