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GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon R9 290X
Intro
The GeForce GTX 980 has a clock speed of 1126 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 290X, which features a core clock speed of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also features a 512-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 2816 SPUs, 176 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.
Benchmarks
These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score
| GeForce GTX 980 |
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13552 points |
| Radeon R9 290X |
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10609 points |
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Grand Theft Auto V | 1920x1080 | Very High
| GeForce GTX 980 |
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63 FPS |
| Radeon R9 290X |
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60 FPS |
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Ethereum Mining Hash Rate
| Radeon R9 290X |
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29 Mh/s |
| GeForce GTX 980 |
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20 Mh/s |
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Zcash Mining Hash Rate
| GeForce GTX 980 |
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408 Sol/s |
| Radeon R9 290X |
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369 Sol/s |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 980 |
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165 Watts |
| Radeon R9 290X |
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300 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The Radeon R9 290X should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 980 overall. (explain)
| Radeon R9 290X |
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320000 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 980 |
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224000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 980 will be a bit (about 2%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 290X. (explain)| GeForce GTX 980 |
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144128 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon R9 290X |
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140800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 980 should be quite a bit (about 41%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 290X, and also able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)| GeForce GTX 980 |
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72064 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon R9 290X |
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51200 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
GeForce GTX 980Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 980 | Radeon R9 290X |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | September 2014 | October 2013 |
| Code Name | GM204-400 | Hawaii XT |
| Memory | 4096 MB | 4096 MB |
| Core Speed | 1126 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 7000 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 165 watts | 300 watts |
| Bandwidth | 224000 MB/sec | 320000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 144128 Mtexels/sec | 140800 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 72064 Mpixels/sec | 51200 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 2048 | 2816 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 128 | 176 |
| Render Output Units | 64 | 64 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 512-bit |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 5200 million | 6200 million |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11.2 | DirectX 11.2 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.5 | OpenGL 4.3 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
GeForce GTX 980Amazon.com
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Radeon R9 290XAmazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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Comments
6 Responses to “GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon R9 290X”well, R9 290x much faster than GTX 980, but we see at TDP, GTX 980 can kick out r9 290x to the botom
How is the R9 290X faster, look at reviews, it's clearly not in majority of games.
Yeah but the GTX 980 does not have higher Unified Shaders.Which means some NPCs may look washed out in games.The Texture Mapping is low.That means some units in games may not have textures on them.So in some intense designed games or programs some characters may be slower in loading in. A 256-bit Bus Width means you wont get as much color an when that bus width is reached you might get a crash.So it doesn't sound that fast in comparison.
The actual power consumption of the GTX 980 is a lie.Under full or medium load.wattage jumps up to 288-310 watts.Not Overclocked.
So that information is not 100% accurate.if you are counting lowest.That would 98 watts.
I Want to point out the AMD R9 290 can run watts from 98- 365 Overclocked.We have video.
The GTX 980
Not overclocked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHqooq1v9YA
R9 290X
overclocked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG_KlGQb3I4
Ignore PRNS, Warsun and WarsunGames they don't have a clue what they are talking about.
1. 290x is not faster than the GTX 980
2. Unified Shaders of 1 architecture are different from another meaning they perform differently eg. 2048 on example A could be equivalent to 1536 on example B.
3. First of all it doesn't make things washed out, just slower. Second, The Texel rate on the 980 is higher. Don't just look at the number of TMUs.
4. TDP isn't power consumption, it is the maximum amount of heat generated by the GPU.