amd
Brand8GB HBM2
Memory3584
Cores409.6 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX Vega 56
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8GB HBM2 210W $399 Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 56
$399 • Aug 2017
VS
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4GB GDDR5 165W $549 Sep 2014
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 210 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1471 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 224 | 128 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 2048-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 800 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 94.14 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 409.6 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 10.54 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 495 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 12500 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 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
6723 (+88%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
47815 (+43%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
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)
81.2 FPS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
13099 (+18%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
11113
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison (198 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+30%)
AVG 187 FPS
MIN 159 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+14%)
AVG 132 FPS
MIN 118 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+15%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+11%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 121 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+14%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+14%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+43%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+57%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+58%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+47%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+49%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+60%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+65%)
AVG 155 FPS
MIN 144 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+85%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+88%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+61%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+66%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+77%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Wins!
Based on 198 benchmarks across 66 games
69
Avg FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
VS
+40.2%
49
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD • 8GB HBM2
190
Wins
69
Avg FPS
58
Min FPS
96%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
5
Wins
49
Avg FPS
41
Min FPS
3%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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