GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 970 vs 580

Gaming

Real world tests using the latest 3D games

crysis: warhead (2013), Crysis: Warhead (2012), Batman: Arkham City and 6 more

Benchmarks

Synthetic tests to measure overall performance

Passmark

Compute Performance

General computing tests executed on the GPU

Passmark Direct Compute

Noise and Power

How loud and hot does the card run idle and under load

TDP

GPUBoss Score

Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power

Winner
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 

GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970  based on its noise and power.

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of GeForce GTX 970

Reasons to consider the
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970

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Significantly better passmark score 8,934 vs 4,979 Around 80% better passmark score
Significantly higher clock speed 1,050 MHz vs 810 MHz Around 30% higher clock speed
Significantly more memory 4,096 MB vs 1,536 MB Around 2.8x more memory
Significantly higher effective memory clock speed 7,012 MHz vs 4,032 MHz Around 75% higher effective memory clock speed
Significantly higher pixel rate 67.2 GPixel/s vs 25.9 GPixel/s More than 2.5x higher pixel rate
Better floating-point performance 3,494 GFLOPS vs 1,659 GFLOPS More than 2x better floating-point performance
Much higher memory clock speed 1,753 MHz vs 1,008 MHz Around 75% higher memory clock speed
More shading units 1,664 vs 512 1152 more shading units
Significantly better passmark direct compute score 4,184 vs 1,879 Around 2.2x better passmark direct compute score
More render output processors 64 vs 48 16 more render output processors
More texture mapping units 104 vs 64 40 more texture mapping units
Lower TDP 148W vs 244W Around 40% lower TDP
Front view of GeForce GTX 580

Reasons to consider the
SPARKLE GeForce GTX 580

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Wider memory bus 384 bit vs 256 bit 50% wider memory bus

Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 970 vs 580

Passmark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performance

Passmark Direct Compute Measures performance of general-purpose computing using Microsoft DirectCompute

Reviews Word on the street

GeForce GTX 970  vs 580 

9.6
9.1
I find the EVGA's GTX 970 SC ACX quite noisy in both idle and load, other board partners are doing much better here, offering completely passive operation in idle, and a very quiet gaming experience.
GeForce GTX 970

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