NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
14.4x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
81.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11128 vs 137
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 798 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 24 January 2006
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11128 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	798 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 165 Watt
207.1x more memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11128

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

798

507

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	11128	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	798	507
Geekbench - OpenCL	33393
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	4330

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	R500
Code name	GM204	R580
Launch date	19 September 2014	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	358	293
Price now	$605.06
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	21.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz
CUDA cores	2048
Floating-point performance	4,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	384 million
Core clock speed		625 MHz
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 S-Video
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
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
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