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AMD Radeon RX 580
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G

AMD Radeon RX 580 vs GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2017-04-18
AMD Radeon RX 580
AMD Radeon RX 580
Released
Q2/2016
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G

What's the best choice AMD Radeon RX 580 or GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G? Which graphics card is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best graphics card. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Radeon RX 580 has a base frequency of 1.257 GHz. Memory size 8 GB. Memory type GDDR5. Released in 2017-04-18.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G has a base frequency of 1.607 GHz+ 7 %. Memory size 8 GB. Memory type GDDR5. Released in Q2/2016.

Differences

Videokards Reasons to consider
AMD Radeon RX 580
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Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Radeon RX 580 GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)
    2132 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    2031 left arrow place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)
    2059 place
  • 3DMark Benchmark
    2056 place
  • Battlefield 5
    1972 place
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider
    2074 place
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    1984 place
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    1320 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD Radeon RX 580
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G
General info

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 580 and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G, chip, information processing units.

  • Architecture
    GCN 4 left arrow -
  • Based on
    AMD Radeon RX 580 left arrow NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
  • Compute Units
    36 left arrow -
  • Execution Units
    36 left arrow 15
  • GPU Chip
    Polaris 20 XT left arrow GP104-200-A1
  • Manufacturer Board Type
    Component left arrow -
  • Manufacturer Family
    Radeon 600|500|400 left arrow -
  • Manufacturer Series
    Radeon RX 500 Series left arrow -
  • Render Output Units
    32 left arrow 64
  • Shader
    2304 left arrow 1920
  • Texture Units
    144 left arrow 120
Memory settings

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

  • Memory Bandwidth
    256 GB/s left arrow 256 GB/s
  • Memory Bus
    256 bit left arrow 256 bit
  • Memory Data Rate
    8 Gbps left arrow -
  • Memory Size
    8 GB left arrow 8 GB
  • Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
    2000 MHz left arrow 2002 MHz
  • Memory Type
    GDDR5 left arrow GDDR5
Clock frequency

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

  • Base Clock
    1257 MHz left arrow 1607 MHz + 7%
  • Boost Clock
    1340 MHz left arrow 1835 MHz + 9%
  • Game Clock
    - left arrow 1797 MHz
  • Overclocking
    - left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

  • System Power Supply
    500 W (PSU recommendation) left arrow -
  • TDP
    185 W left arrow 150 W
  • Typical Board Power
    185 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Junction Temperature
    - left arrow -
  • TDP (up)
    - left arrow -
Cooler & Fans type

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system AMD Radeon RX 580 and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G.

  • Cooler-Type
    - left arrow Air cooling
  • Fan-Type
    - left arrow Axial
  • Fan 1
    - left arrow 3 x 100 mm
  • Fan 2
    - left arrow -
  • Noise (Idle)
    - left arrow -
  • Noise (Load)
    - left arrow -
Interfaces

Connectivity and connections.

  • DisplayPort capabilities
    1.4 HDR left arrow -
  • HDMI capabilities
    4K60 Support left arrow -
  • Max. Displays
    4 left arrow 4
  • PCIe Interface
    PCIe 3.0 x16 left arrow PCIe 3.0 x16
  • DisplayPort Ports
    - left arrow 3 × DisplayPort 1.4
  • DVI Ports
    - left arrow 1 × DVI
  • HDCP Version
    - left arrow 2.2
  • HDMI Ports
    - left arrow 1 × HDMI 2.0b
  • Power Connectors
    - left arrow 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
  • USB-C Ports
    - left arrow -
  • VGA Ports
    - left arrow -
Technical data

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

  • DirectX
    12 left arrow 12_1
  • DLSS / FSR
    No left arrow No
  • Max. resolution
    7680 × 4320 left arrow 7680 × 4320
  • Raytracing
    No left arrow No
  • LED
    - left arrow GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
Supported Video Codecs

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

  • 4K H264 Decode
    Yes left arrow -
  • 4K H264 Encode
    Yes left arrow -
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • H265/HEVC Decode
    Yes left arrow -
  • H265/HEVC Encode
    Yes left arrow -
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    Decode left arrow Decode
Dimensions

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

  • Height
    - left arrow 140 mm
  • Length
    - left arrow 287 mm
  • Slot Size
    - left arrow 3 PCIe-Slots
  • Weight
    - left arrow -
  • Width
    - left arrow 57 mm
More information

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G and AMD Radeon RX 580.

  • Manufacturer
    AMD left arrow -
  • Process Technology
    14 nm left arrow 16 nm
  • Release date
    2017-04-18 left arrow Q2/2016
  • Documents
    - left arrow data sheet
  • Launch Price (historical)
    - left arrow -
  • Part Number
    - left arrow GV-N1070AORUS-8GD

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Radeon RX 580

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G

  • Counter-Strike 2 / 1920x1080 / High / Native / RT off 229.4 FPS Base GPU test: Founders Edition Tested board: Founders EditionVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-5200CL38OS: Windows 11Rendering: Native (no FSR/DLSS)Driver: 551.23
  • Cyberpunk 2077 / 1920x1080 / High / Native / RT off 35.2 FPS Base GPU test: Founders Edition Tested board: Founders EditionVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-5200CL38OS: Windows 11Rendering: Native (no FSR/DLSS)Game build: Phantom Liberty / Patch 2.11Driver: 551.23
  • Diablo IV / 1920x1080 / Medium / Native / RT off 122.6 FPS Base GPU test: Founders Edition Tested board: Founders EditionVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-5200CL38OS: Windows 11Rendering: Native (no FSR/DLSS)Driver: 551.23
  • Dota 2 / 1920x1080 / Maximum / Native / RT off 209.7 FPS Base GPU test: Founders Edition Tested board: Founders EditionVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-5200CL38OS: Windows 11Graphics API: DirectX 11Rendering: Native (no FSR/DLSS)Driver: 551.23
  • F1 23 / 1920x1080 / High / 16x AF / TAA + FidelityFX Sharpening / Native / RT off 111.9 FPS Base GPU test: Founders Edition Tested board: Founders EditionVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-5200CL38OS: Windows 11Rendering: Native (no FSR/DLSS)Driver: 551.23
  • Baldur's Gate 3 / 1920x1080 / Ultra / Native / RT off 52.2 FPS Base GPU test: Founders Edition Tested board: Founders EditionVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-5200CL38OS: Windows 11Graphics API: VulkanRendering: Native (no FSR/DLSS)Driver: 551.23
  • Ratchet & Clank / 1920x1080 / High / TAA / Native / RT off 41.2 FPS Base GPU test: Founders Edition Tested board: Founders EditionVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-5200CL38OS: Windows 11Rendering: Native (no FSR/DLSS)Driver: 551.23
  • 3DMark Time Spy 5945 points Base GPU test: Founders Edition Tested board: Founders EditionVRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-5200CL38OS: Windows 11Driver: 551.23Application version unreported
More results: 36

Based on the results of several popular benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the performance difference between AMD Radeon RX 580 and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G.

Compare synthetic benchmarks and choose the best graphics card for you!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Game frame rates

Archived results. The original measurement method and test conditions have not been verified.

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)
Benchmark FP32 is a 32-bit floating point calculation for the GPU which is required for 3D gaming

Higher values are better in this metric.

6.65 TFLOPS
AMD Radeon RX 580
7.05 TFLOPS
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1070 8G

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