Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce GTX 960
Summary
Radeon RX 580
238%
GeForce GTX 960
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580 |
| 138% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 580
The Radeon RX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (23 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | 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 | 2304 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1120 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 580 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 580 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | vs | 22 Jan 2015 |
Radeon RX 580
40.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 580
182.30 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 580
256.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 580
5834.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
53
GeForce GTX 960
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 580
75
GeForce GTX 960
42
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
87
GeForce GTX 960
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 580
89
GeForce GTX 960
53
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
93
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 580
80
GeForce GTX 960
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 580
63
GeForce GTX 960
36
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
49
GeForce GTX 960
30
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
38
GeForce GTX 960
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 580
52
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
56
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 580
61
GeForce GTX 960
37
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
60
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 580
54
GeForce GTX 960
21
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 580
46
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
33
GeForce GTX 960
20
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
29
GeForce GTX 960
14
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
Radeon RX 580
28
GeForce GTX 960
10
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
27
GeForce GTX 960
9
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
28
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 580
28
GeForce GTX 960
9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 580
26
GeForce GTX 960
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 580
17
GeForce GTX 960
6
FPS (higher is better)