amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290X
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon R9 290X
4GB GDDR5 290W $549 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
VS
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4GB GDDR5 165W $549 Sep 2014
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 290 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2816 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 176 | 128 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 64 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.632 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3819 (+7%)
AMD Radeon R9 290X
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
43410 (+30%)
AMD Radeon R9 290X
33492
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon R9 290X
FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8530
AMD Radeon R9 290X
11113 (+30%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+45%)
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+61%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+58%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+21%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+18%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+19%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+13%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+5%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+8%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+9%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+4%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon R9 290X
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+0%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon R9 290X (+0%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+0%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
Radeon R9 290X (+0%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+11%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+16%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+7%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+0%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 (+0%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290X (+19%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Wins!
Based on 252 benchmarks across 84 games
43
Avg FPS
Radeon R9 290X
VS
+16.5%
50
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
35
Wins
43
Avg FPS
36
Min FPS
14%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
193
Wins
50
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
77%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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