NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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 Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 947 MHz
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 6,060 gflops vs 5,632 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13793 vs 8568
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 753
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 145.843 vs 117.322
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.661 vs 11.12
Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 788.464 vs 628.757
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10471 vs 8729
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10471 vs 8729
Around 46% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5747 vs 3936

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 June 2015 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1075 MHz vs 947 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,060 gflops vs 5,632 gflops
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13793 vs 8568
PassMark - G2D Mark	853 vs 753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	145.843 vs 117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.661 vs 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	788.464 vs 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10471 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10471 vs 8729
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5747 vs 3936

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

178.6x more memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43456 vs 42988
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 1722.98
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 120.942 vs 37.16
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3695
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3695

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	43456 vs 42988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2460.464 vs 1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	120.942 vs 37.16
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7055 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7055 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3338

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13793

8568

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

853

753

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

42988

43456

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

145.843

117.322

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1722.98

2460.464

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11.661

11.12

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37.16

120.942

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

788.464

628.757

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10471

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3695

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3338

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10471

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3695

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3338

3353

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5747

3936

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti	AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G3D Mark	13793	8568
PassMark - G2D Mark	853	753
Geekbench - OpenCL	42988	43456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	145.843	117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1722.98	2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.661	11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.16	120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	788.464	628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10471	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3695	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3338	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10471	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3695	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3338	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5747	3936

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM200	Hawaii
Launch date	2 June 2015	24 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$549
Place in performance rating	295	296
Price now	$679.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	23.43
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1075 MHz	947 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
CUDA cores	2816
Floating-point performance	6,060 gflops	5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2816	2816
Texture fill rate	176 billion / sec	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	8,000 million	6,200 million
Stream Processors		2560
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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
SLI options	4x
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin + 8-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.5 GB / s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)