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GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon R9 390 8G
Intro
The GeForce GTX 980 comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1126 MHz, and the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory is set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 390 8G, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this card. It features 2560 SPUs along with 160 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator 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 390 8G |
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12733 points |
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Ethereum Mining Hash Rate
| Radeon R9 390 8G |
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28 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 390 8G |
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326 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 390 8G |
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275 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the Radeon R9 390 8G should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 980 overall. (explain)
| Radeon R9 390 8G |
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384000 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 980 |
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224000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon R9 390 8G will be a bit (more or less 11%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 980. (explain)| Radeon R9 390 8G |
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160000 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 980 |
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144128 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 980 should be a bit (about 13%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R9 390 8G, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)| GeForce GTX 980 |
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72064 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon R9 390 8G |
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64000 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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 980 | Radeon R9 390 8G |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | September 2014 | June 2015 |
| Code Name | GM204-400 | Grenada PRO |
| Memory | 4096 MB | 8192 MB |
| Core Speed | 1126 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 7000 MHz | 6000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 165 watts | 275 watts |
| Bandwidth | 224000 MB/sec | 384000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 144128 Mtexels/sec | 160000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 72064 Mpixels/sec | 64000 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 2048 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 128 | 160 |
| 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 ×16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11.2 | DirectX 12.0 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.5 | OpenGL 4.5 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
GeForce GTX 980Amazon.com
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Radeon R9 390 8GAmazon.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
One Response to “GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon R9 390 8G”OK i did some checking on YouTube for videos showing the actual performance of each of these two graphics cards.An the information on this base is wrong.The Texture Fillrate of the GTX 980 an R9 390 are the same.at 160 to 162 in favor of Nvidia.But the actual Pixel rate is completely wrong.The Pixel loads for the GTX 980 is only 36.1 on one GPU-z i found an one video live of it at exactlly 40.5 on an overclocking video.Where the AMD GPixel Fillrate was 64.0.Thats double the performance!An by no means does the GTX ram reatch 7000Mhz.That is a balled face lie! it is 1753MHz.An not 7000Mhz.The AMD is 6000MHz.So some one fix that.