ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4G (rev. 1.0)

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4G (rev. 1.0) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 570 (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4G (rev. 1.0) is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XL, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

The graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4G (rev. 1.0) is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

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

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4G (rev. 1.0) has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4G (rev. 1.0) has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4G (rev. 1.0) supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4G (rev. 1.0) is 7680x4320 pixels.

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.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4G (rev. 1.0) needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 4G (rev. 1.0) came on the market in Q4/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.