NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and AMD Radeon R9 M390X 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 176 billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s
  • Around 38% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2048
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 6,060 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13783 vs 3851
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 487
  • Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 42988 vs 22044
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 145.843 vs 64.199
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1722.98 vs 1284.053
  • Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.661 vs 5.881
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 788.464 vs 312.822
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10471 vs 6508
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10471 vs 6508
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate 176 billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2816 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 6,060 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13783 vs 3851
PassMark - G2D Mark 853 vs 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 42988 vs 22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 145.843 vs 64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1722.98 vs 1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.661 vs 5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 788.464 vs 312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10471 vs 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10471 vs 6508

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M390X

  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 78.169 vs 37.16
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8593 vs 3695
  • 7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 24690 vs 3338
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8593 vs 3695
  • 7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 24690 vs 3338
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 78.169 vs 37.16
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8593 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 24690 vs 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8593 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 24690 vs 3338

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M390X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13783
3851
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
853
487
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
42988
22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
145.843
64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1722.98
1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.661
5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
37.16
78.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
788.464
312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10471
6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3695
8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3338
24690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10471
6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3695
8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3338
24690
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMD Radeon R9 M390X
PassMark - G3D Mark 13783 3851
PassMark - G2D Mark 853 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 42988 22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 145.843 64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1722.98 1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.661 5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.16 78.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 788.464 312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10471 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3338 24690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10471 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3338 24690
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1320

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 3.0
Code name GM200 Amethyst
Launch date 2 June 2015 5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Place in performance rating 312 311
Price now $679.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 23.43
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1075 MHz
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 723 MHz
CUDA cores 2816
Floating-point performance 6,060 gflops 2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2816 2048
Texture fill rate 176 billion / sec 92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 8,000 million 5,000 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 No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Eyefinity

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)
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt
SLI options 4x
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin + 8-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.5 GB / s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s
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
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore