Comparision XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
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Top specs and features
- Passmark score
- 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU benchmark score
- 3DMark Fire Strike Score
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics test score
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark score
Passmark score
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU benchmark score
3DMark Fire Strike Score
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics test score
3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark score
Description
The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy video card is based on the Polaris architecture. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture. The first has 5700 million transistors. The second is 5200 million. XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy has a transistor size of 12 nm versus 28.
The base clock speed of the first video card is 1469 MHz versus 1050 MHz for the second.
Let's move on to memory. XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy has 8 GB. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has 8 GB installed. The bandwidth of the first video card is 256 Gb/s versus 224.4 Gb/s of the second.
FLOPS of XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy is 6.98. At NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 3.74.
Goes to tests in benchmarks. In the Passmark benchmark, XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy scored 9264 points. And here is the second card 9685 points. In 3DMark, the first model scored 16198 points. Second 11891 points.
In terms of interfaces. The first video card is connected using PCIe 3.0 x16. The second is PCIe 3.0 x16. Video card XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy has Directx version 12. Video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 -- Directx version - 12.1.
Regarding cooling, XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy has 175W heat dissipation requirements versus 148W for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.
Why NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is better than XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy
- 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU benchmark score 83642 против 72433 , more on 15%
- 3DMark Fire Strike Score 13902 против 9384 , more on 48%
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics test score 16198 против 11891 , more on 36%
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark score 22507 против 15948 , more on 41%
- 3DMark Vantage Performance test score 46678 против 42039 , more on 11%
- GPU base clock speed 1469 MHz против 1050 MHz, more on 40%
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970: highlights
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FAQ
How does the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy processor perform in benchmarks?
Passmark XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy scored 9264 points. The second video card scored 9685 points in Passmark.
What FLOPS do video cards have?
FLOPS XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy is 6.98 TFLOPS. But the second video card has FLOPS equal to 3.74 TFLOPS.
What power consumption?
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 175 Watt. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 148 Watt.
How fast are XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970?
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy operates at 1469 MHz. In this case, the maximum frequency reaches 1545 MHz. The clock base frequency of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 reaches 1050 MHz. In turbo mode it reaches 1178 MHz.
What kind of memory do graphics cards have?
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy supports GDDR5. Installed 8 GB of RAM. Throughput reaches 256 GB/s. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 works with GDDR5. The second one has 4 GB of RAM installed. Its bandwidth is 256 GB/s.
How many HDMI connectors do they have?
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy has 1 HDMI outputs. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with 1 HDMI outputs.
What power connectors are used?
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy uses There is no data. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with There is no data HDMI outputs.
What architecture are video cards based on?
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy is built on Polaris. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 uses the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
What graphics processor is being used?
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy is equipped with Polaris 30. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is set to GM204.
How many PCIe lanes
The first graphics card has 16 PCIe lanes. And the PCIe version is 3. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 16 PCIe lanes. PCIe version 3.
How many transistors?
XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy has 5700 million transistors. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has 5200 million transistors