Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 480 outperforms 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 480 is 649 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480
- Performs up to 5% better in Sons Of The Forest than GeForce GTX 970 - 41 vs 39 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Consumes up to 1% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 480 - 148 vs 150 Watts
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
40.51 GPixel/s
61%
Texel Fillrate
182.3 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
67%
AMD Radeon RX 480 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
Jun 29th, 2016 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| Arctic Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$229 | MSRP | $329 |
| 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
256 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
1120 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1050 MHz |
1266 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1178 MHz |
2000 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
