Comparison

GTX 970 vs RX 590

geforce gtx 970
radeon rx 590

Release Date

2015

Release Date

2018

Retail Price

$ 399

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+235.3%

Retail Price

$ 119

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MSRP

329 $

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+17.9%

MSRP

279 $

Peformace

3648

Peformace

4777

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+30.9%

Video Memory

4 GB

Video Memory

8 GB

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+100.0%

Power Consumption

145 W

Power Consumption

175 W

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+20.7%

Is GTX 970 better than RX 590?

No, in terms of performance, Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 is slower than, AMD Radeon RX 590 by -30.9%.

When it comes to power efficiency, GTX 970 falls behind with an efficiency score that is 25.2, -7.8% lower than that of RX 590 27.3. Consuming 175 watts, RX 590 has better power consumption to peformance ratio. The efficiency score is calculated by comparing the benchmark score with power consumption

GTX 970 price to performance rating is lower than RX 590's by -344.4%. Here is more in depth overview of the price and used prices of GTX 970 Price History and RX 590 Price History