AMD Radeon RX 570 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

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Radeon RX 570 compared with GeForce GTX 970

	AMDRadeon RX 570	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 970
Overview
Released
Released	April 2017	September 2014
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	GCN 4	Maxwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,048	1,664
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,244 MHz (better)	1,178 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	Fourth-generation GCN (Polaris), 128 texture units, 32 ROPs and 5.7 billion transistors. AMD's retained support page is labelled RX 570 (OEM) and includes slower OEM clocks; the original retail baseline and both named MSI ARMOR configurations use the published maximum 1,244 MHz. Photo shows MSI ARMOR 4G, not an AMD reference board.	Main figures follow NVIDIA's retained 900-series table. The photo shows MSI's GTX 970 4GD5 partner board. NVIDIA's September 18 launch release says the cards are now available; later coverage commonly dates launch September 19.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	14 nm (PCWorld and Les Numériques)	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated hardware ray accelerators	No dedicated RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	–	No Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	–	No NVIDIA DLSS
Base clock
Base clock	AMD publishes a 926–1,168 MHz OEM range; the original retail baseline is 1,168 MHz (PCWorld). Both named MSI ARMOR boards publish up to 1,244 MHz core frequency without a separate base figure.	1050 MHz reference; MSI GTX 970 4GD5 lists 1051 MHz base and 1178 MHz boost.
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	4 GB GDDR5 or 8 GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s or –	–
Memory detail
Memory detail	MSI ARMOR 4G and 8G both specify 7,000 MHz effective GDDR5. AMD publishes up to 224 GB/s for the GPU, but MSI does not state bandwidth separately for either capacity; the 8 GB configuration therefore omits it.	7 Gbps GDDR5. NVIDIA confirms 4 GB is usable, divided into a primary 3.5 GB segment and a slower 512 MB segment. EVGA's stock 04G-P4-1970 datasheet lists 7010 MHz effective and 224.3 GB/s; that board figure is not used as a universal main bandwidth value.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	150 W	145 W (better)
Interface
Interface	–	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort, 1 × HDMI and dual-link DVI-D on both MSI ARMOR boards. AMD lists DisplayPort 1.4 HDR and HDMI 4K60 support, but DVI as No; partner outputs differ.	MSI GTX 970 4GD5 has 3 × DisplayPort 1.2, 1 × HDMI 1.4a/2.0 and 1 × dual-link DVI-I; up to 4 displays.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	–	7680 × 4320 (MSI GTX 970 4GD5)
Power connector
Power connector	One 8-pin on both MSI ARMOR boards	2 × 6-pin (reference)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	450 W	500 W
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	246 × 130 × 39 mm and 622 g for both MSI ARMOR 4G and 8G; MSI publishes PCI Express x16 without a generation in these datasheets	269 × 111 × 38 mm and 890 g (pictured MSI GTX 970 4GD5); EVGA stock 04G-P4-1970 is 241.3 × 111.15 mm, dual-slot.
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	H.264 and H.265/HEVC encoding and decoding; HDMI 4K60 support	–