AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
800x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 975 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 176 billion / sec vs 62.4 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1024
3x better floating-point performance: 6,060 gflops vs 1,997 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
Boost clock speed	1075 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate	176 billion / sec vs 62.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	6,060 gflops vs 1,997 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark		13805
PassMark - G2D Mark		853
Geekbench - OpenCL		42988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		788.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5754

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370 1024SP	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Trinidad	GM200
Launch date	12 June 2015	2 June 2015
Place in performance rating	not rated	306
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$679.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.43
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz	1075 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops	6,060 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	2816
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s	176 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	8,000 million
CUDA cores		2816
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	6-pin + 8-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		600 Watt
SLI options		4x
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	336.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround