GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER vs Radeon RX 580 XTR

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code namePolaris 20GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $599

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores23046144
Core clock speed1257 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1340 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million18,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate193.0325.4
Floating-point processing powerno data20.83 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs144192

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/s512.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12.0 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL4.54.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 250 Watt

RX 580 XTR has 35.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 SUPER, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 580 XTR and GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX 580 XTR
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