AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4GB GDDR5 165W N/A Sep 2014
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 175 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 128 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
4611 (+29%)
AMD Radeon RX 590
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783 (+37%)
AMD Radeon RX 590
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)
61.2 FPS
AMD Radeon RX 590
FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
11113 (+19%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison (60 benchmarks)
Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince
7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Frozenbyte
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+24%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+27%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+32%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chernobylite Complete Edition
8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation The Farm 51
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+11%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+3%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+45%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
Winner
Loser
Devil's Hunt
8.1 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Layopi Games
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+2%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+0%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Radeon RX 590 (+0%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+11%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Beyond Two Souls
7 2020 • Action, Adventure Quantic Dream
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+40%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+58%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+59%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Wolfenstein Youngblood
7.3 2019 • Action Machine Games, Arkane Studios
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+120%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+86%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+105%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City
7 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 590 (+2%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+0%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Radeon RX 590 (+0%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+0%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Radeon RX 590 (+0%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 590 Wins!
Based on 63 benchmarks across 20 games
46
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+16.3%
40
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
46
Wins
46
Avg FPS
38
Min FPS
73%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
13
Wins
40
Avg FPS
32
Min FPS
21%
Win Rate
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