NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs AMD FireStream 9270

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and AMD FireStream 9270 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 9270

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 750 MHz
5.9x more texture fill rate: 176 billion / sec vs 30 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 2816 vs 800
5.1x better floating-point performance: 6,060 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
10.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13793 vs 1341
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 473

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 June 2015 vs 13 November 2008
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	176 billion / sec vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 800
Floating-point performance	6,060 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13793 vs 1341
PassMark - G2D Mark	853 vs 473

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9270

Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 250 Watt
514.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9270

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13793

1341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

853

473

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti	AMD FireStream 9270
PassMark - G3D Mark	13793	1341
PassMark - G2D Mark	853	473
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	5747

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti	AMD FireStream 9270
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM200	RV770
Launch date	2 June 2015	13 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	295	294
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	750 MHz
CUDA cores	2816
Floating-point performance	6,060 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2816	800
Texture fill rate	176 billion / sec	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	160 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	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.5 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround