AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 165 Watt
342.9x more memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3335
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3335

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 November 2018 vs 19 September 2014
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3335

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1216 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9566 vs 8870
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9566 vs 8870
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 3586
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 3586
Around 55% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34824 vs 22421
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 792 vs 585
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11100 vs 4809

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9566 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9566 vs 8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690 vs 3586
Geekbench - OpenCL	34824 vs 22421
PassMark - G2D Mark	792 vs 585
PassMark - G3D Mark	11100 vs 4809

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8870

9566

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8870

9566

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3586

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3586

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3335

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3335

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

22421

34824

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

585

792

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4809

11100

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8870	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8870	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3586	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3586	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3335
Geekbench - OpenCL	22421	34824
PassMark - G2D Mark	585	792
PassMark - G3D Mark	4809	11100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		477.015
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4321

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Vega 12	GM204
Launch date	14 November 2018	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	368	366
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Price now		$605.06
Value for money (0-100)		21.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz	1216 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	165 Watt
CUDA cores		2048
Floating-point performance		4,981 gflops
Pipelines		2048
Texture fill rate		144 billion / sec
Transistor count		5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		1
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.2
Memory
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		224 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
BatteryBoost
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Surround