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.

AMD Radeon R9 390

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

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: 43823 vs 42988
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	43823 vs 42988
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: 13805 vs 8905
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 795
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	13805 vs 8905
PassMark - G2D Mark	853 vs 795
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

8905

13805

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

795

853

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

43823

42988

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	8905	13805
PassMark - G2D Mark	795	853
Geekbench - OpenCL	43823	42988
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