Radeon RX 590 vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
Radeon RX 590
146%
GeForce GTX 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 590 |
| 46% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 970 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 590
The Radeon RX 590 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 590 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Polaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 244 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1257 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 590 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 590 | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 590
49.44 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 590
222.50 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 590
256.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 590
7119.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 590
84
GeForce GTX 970
65
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 590
80
GeForce GTX 970
47
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 590
63
GeForce GTX 970
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 590
90
GeForce GTX 970
66
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 590
60
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 590
52
GeForce GTX 970
31
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 590
43
GeForce GTX 970
29
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 590
64
GeForce GTX 970
45
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 590
30
GeForce GTX 970
22
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 590
29
GeForce GTX 970
19
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 590
21
GeForce GTX 970
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 590
38
GeForce GTX 970
25
FPS (higher is better)