Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce GTX 780

Radeon RX 580
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 580
GeForce GTX 780
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 23 May 2013
GeForce GTX 780

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 580
    141%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580

41% higher gaming performance.
100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 780 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 780

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 580

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 580

The Radeon RX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 580GeForce GTX 780
GPU NameEllesmere (Ellesmere XT)vsGK110 (GK110-300-A1)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size232 mm²vs561 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs7,080 million
Shaders2304vs2304
Compute Units36vs12
Core clock1120 MHzvs863 MHz
ROPs32vs48
TMUs144vs192

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 580GeForce GTX 780
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs3072 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 580GeForce GTX 780
TDP150 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date1 Apr 2017vs23 May 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580
    40.50 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 780
    41.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580
    182.30 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 780
    166.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 580
    256.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 780
    288.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 580
    5834.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 780
    3977.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 580
    89
  • GeForce GTX 780
    68

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 580
    63
  • GeForce GTX 780
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 580
    61
  • GeForce GTX 780
    47

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 580
    46
  • GeForce GTX 780
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 580
    31
  • GeForce GTX 780
    24

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 580
    26
  • GeForce GTX 780
    19

FPS (higher is better)