NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs AMD FireStream 9250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and AMD FireStream 9250 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AMD FireStream 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
7x more texture fill rate: 176 billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 2816 vs 800
6.1x better floating-point performance: 6,060 gflops vs 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
11.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13809 vs 1165
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 852 vs 465

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 June 2015 vs 16 June 2008
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	176 billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 800
Floating-point performance	6,060 gflops vs 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13809 vs 1165
PassMark - G2D Mark	852 vs 465

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9250

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
283.7x more memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13809

1165

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

852

465

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti	AMD FireStream 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark	13809	1165
PassMark - G2D Mark	852	465
Geekbench - OpenCL	42931
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)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti	AMD FireStream 9250
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM200	RV770
Launch date	2 June 2015	16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	306	305
Price now	$679.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	23.43
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1075 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	2816
Floating-point performance	6,060 gflops	1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2816	800
Texture fill rate	176 billion / sec	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	1x DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
SLI options	4x
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin + 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.5 GB / s	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround