AMD Radeon Pro W5700X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5700X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

  • Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1216 MHz
  • 1929.9x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 144 billion / sec
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2000x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43810 vs 33393
  • Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16573 vs 9566
  • Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16573 vs 9566
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3690
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 3690
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3364 vs 3335
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3364 vs 3335
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 799
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17591 vs 11125
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1855 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Texture fill rate 277.9 GTexel/s vs 144 billion / sec
Pipelines 2560 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 43810 vs 33393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16573 vs 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16573 vs 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3364 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3364 vs 3335
PassMark - G2D Mark 1060 vs 799
PassMark - G3D Mark 17591 vs 11125

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 205 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5700X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
43810
33393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16573
9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16573
9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
3335
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1060
799
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17591
11125
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5700X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench - OpenCL 43810 33393
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16573 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16573 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3364 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3364 3335
PassMark - G2D Mark 1060 799
PassMark - G3D Mark 17591 11125
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 4330

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5700X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Navi 10 GM204
Launch date Q3'2020 19 September 2014
Place in performance rating 146 358
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $549
Price now $605.06
Value for money (0-100) 21.18

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1855 MHz 1216 MHz
Compute units 40
Core clock speed 1243 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 9.5 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 2048
Pixel fill rate 123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 277.9 GTexel/s 144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 165 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 5,200 million
CUDA cores 2048
Floating-point performance 4,981 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x Thunderbolt 3, 1x HDMI 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 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 12 inches (305 mm) 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 2x 6-pins
Width Dual-slot
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options 1

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 224 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR6 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