Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 590 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! 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 12% better in Monster Hunter: World than GeForce GTX 970 - 83 vs 74 FPS
- Up to 74% cheaper than GeForce GTX 970 - $119.99 vs $469.0
- Up to 77% better value when playing Monster Hunter: World than GeForce GTX 970 - $1.45 vs $6.34 per FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
Monster Hunter: World
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
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In Stock
Updated 134 minutes ago
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
FPS
83
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.45/FPS
100%
Price, $
$119.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
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%
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
74%
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 |