AMD Xbox One X GPU vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Comparative analysis of AMD Xbox One X GPU 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: 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 Xbox One X GPU

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 187.5 GTexel / s vs 144 billion / sec
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
  • Around 20% better floating-point performance: 6,001 gflops vs 4,981 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 165 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • 971.4x more memory clock speed: 6800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Launch date 7 November 2017 vs 19 September 2014
Texture fill rate 187.5 GTexel / s vs 144 billion / sec
Pipelines 2560 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 6,001 gflops vs 4,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 165 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 6800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Xbox One X GPU
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Name AMD Xbox One X GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark - G3D Mark 11112
PassMark - G2D Mark 791
Geekbench - OpenCL 34898
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 474

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Xbox One X GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Scorpio GM204
Launch date 7 November 2017 19 September 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $549
Place in performance rating not rated 379
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $605.06
Value for money (0-100) 21.18

Technical info

Core clock speed 1172 MHz
Floating-point performance 6,001 gflops 4,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2560 2048
Texture fill rate 187.5 GTexel / s 144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 165 Watt
Transistor count 7,000 million 5,200 million
Boost clock speed 1216 MHz
CUDA cores 2048

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 IGP 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_0) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL N / A 4.5
OpenCL 1.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 326.4 GB / s 224 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6800 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 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