AMD Radeon R9 390 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • 142.9x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43803 vs 42931
  • Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3164.164 vs 1722.98
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 116.473 vs 37.16
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 43803 vs 42931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3164.164 vs 1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.473 vs 37.16
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3338

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 176 billion / sec vs 160.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 10% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2560
  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 6,060 gflops vs 5,120 gflops
  • Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13809 vs 8910
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 852 vs 797
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 145.843 vs 120.267
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.661 vs 11.097
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 788.464 vs 607.381
  • Around 46% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5754 vs 3949
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1075 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 176 billion / sec vs 160.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2816 vs 2560
Floating-point performance 6,060 gflops vs 5,120 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 275 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13809 vs 8910
PassMark - G2D Mark 852 vs 797
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 145.843 vs 120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.661 vs 11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 788.464 vs 607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10471 vs 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10471 vs 10445
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5754 vs 3949

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8910
13809
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
797
852
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
43803
42931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
120.267
145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3164.164
1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.097
11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
116.473
37.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
607.381
788.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10445
10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10445
10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3949
5754
Name AMD Radeon R9 390 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 8910 13809
PassMark - G2D Mark 797 852
Geekbench - OpenCL 43803 42931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 120.267 145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3164.164 1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.097 11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.473 37.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.381 788.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10445 10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10445 10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3949 5754

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 390 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Grenada GM200
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 18 June 2015 2 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $649
Place in performance rating 307 306
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $679.99
Value for money (0-100) 23.43

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1075 MHz
Compute units 40
Floating-point performance 5,120 gflops 6,060 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2560 2816
Stream Processors 2560
Texture fill rate 160.0 GTexel / s 176 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million 8,000 million
Core clock speed 1000 MHz
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
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 275 mm 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin 6-pin + 8-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt
SLI options 4x

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s 336.5 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround