amd
Brand8GB HBM2
Memory4096
Cores483.8 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX Vega 64
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
8GB HBM2 295W $499 Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 64
$499 • 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 64 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 295 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1546 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 483.8 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 256 | 128 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 2048-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 945 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 98.94 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 483.8 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 12.66 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 | 600 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
7509 (+110%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
52807 (+58%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
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)
90.6 FPS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
14143 (+27%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
11113
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison (213 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+34%)
AVG 193 FPS
MIN 159 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+29%)
AVG 150 FPS
MIN 134 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+30%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 72 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 64 (+17%)
AVG 135 FPS
MIN 127 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+29%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+30%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 45 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 64 (+63%)
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+78%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+81%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 38 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 64 (+68%)
AVG 146 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+70%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+80%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 41 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 64 (+87%)
AVG 176 FPS
MIN 164 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+111%)
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+112%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 51 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 64 (+82%)
AVG 135 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+89%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 64 (+100%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Wins!
Based on 213 benchmarks across 71 games
77
Avg FPS
Radeon RX Vega 64
VS
+56.4%
49
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
AMD • 8GB HBM2
205
Wins
77
Avg FPS
64
Min FPS
96%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
5
Wins
49
Avg FPS
41
Min FPS
2%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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