Radeon RX 570 vs GeForce GTX 960
Summary
Radeon RX 570
216%
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 570 |
| 116% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 570
The Radeon RX 570 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (23 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 570 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO) | vs | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 926 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 570 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 570 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | vs | 22 Jan 2015 |
Radeon RX 570
38.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 570
154.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 570
211.20 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 570
4940.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
49
GeForce GTX 960
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 570
69
GeForce GTX 960
42
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
81
GeForce GTX 960
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 570
82
GeForce GTX 960
53
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
88
GeForce GTX 960
22
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
71
GeForce GTX 960
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 570
58
GeForce GTX 960
36
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
44
GeForce GTX 960
30
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
33
GeForce GTX 960
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 570
48
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
52
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 570
56
GeForce GTX 960
37
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
54
GeForce GTX 960
18
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
48
GeForce GTX 960
21
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 570
42
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
30
GeForce GTX 960
20
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
26
GeForce GTX 960
14
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 570
26
GeForce GTX 960
10
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
25
GeForce GTX 960
9
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
24
GeForce GTX 960
5
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
25
GeForce GTX 960
9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 570
24
GeForce GTX 960
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 570
16
GeForce GTX 960
6
FPS (higher is better)