Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 590 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 590 is 1518 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Consumes up to 15% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 590 - 148 vs 175 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 590
- Performs up to 4% better in Minecraft than GeForce GTX 970 - 591 vs 568 FPS
- Up to 70% cheaper than GeForce GTX 970 - $87.74 vs $291.75
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
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Resolution
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Game Graphics
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Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
55.0561797752809%
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
74.9431559799909%
Texel Fillrate
222.5 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 590 |
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Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Nov 15th, 2018 |
GeForce 900 | Generation | Polaris |
$329 | MSRP | $279 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1469 MHz |
1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1545 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |