HWBench.com

    GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Radeon R9 Nano

    GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 2 Jun 2015
    GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    Radeon R9 Nano
    Memory: 4096Mb HBMDESKTOP
    Release date: 27 Aug 2015
    Radeon R9 Nano

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      138%
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      100%

    Relative performance

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      121%
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 Ti

    21% higher gaming performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider Radeon R9 Nano

    75 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 980 Ti .
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports FreeSync
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports TrueAudio
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 980 Ti

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 980 Ti

    The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (94 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 980 TiRadeon R9 Nano
    GPU NameGM200 (GM200-310-A1)vsFiji (Fiji XT CA)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size601 mm²vs596 mm²
    Transistors8,000 millionvs8,900 million
    Shaders2816vs4096
    Compute Units22vs64
    Core clock1000 MHzvs1000 MHz
    ROPs96vs64
    TMUs176vs256

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 980 TiRadeon R9 Nano
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsHBM
    Bus Width384 bitvs4096 bit
    Memory Speed1753 MHz
    7012 MHz effective    		vs500 MHz
    1000 MHz effective
    Memory Size6144 Mbvs4096 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 980 TiRadeon R9 Nano
    TDP250 wattsvs175 watts
    Release Date2 Jun 2015vs27 Aug 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      96.00 GP/s
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      64.00 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      176.00 GT/s
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      256.00 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      337.00 GB/s
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      512.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      5632.00 GFLOPs
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      8192.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      24560
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      17760

    Points (higher is better)

    Game benchmarks

    Alien Isolation

    DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      146
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      138

    FPS (higher is better)

    Anno 2205

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      98
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      64

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield Hardline

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      90
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      76

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      55
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      46

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2018

    Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      81
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      64

    FPS (higher is better)

    Destiny 2

    Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      100
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      72

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dishonored 2

    Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      71
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      54

    FPS (higher is better)

    Doom (2016)

    OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      141
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      103

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2017

    Ultra quality,TTA,Melbourne,DirectX11,Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      98
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      75

    FPS (higher is better)

    Fallout 4

    DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      125
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      83

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 5

    Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      81
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      71

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry Primal

    DX11, Very High Settings

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      84
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      69

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      102
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      86

    FPS (higher is better)

    Ghost Recon - Wildlands

    Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      70
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      55

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      113
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      90

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman (2016)

    DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      76
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      82

    FPS (higher is better)

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance

    Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      73
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      60

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      73
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      55

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 7

    Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      115
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      103

    FPS (higher is better)

    Rise Of The Tomb Raider

    Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      104
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      70

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest Details, Pure hair, HBAO+, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      66
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      50

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      91
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      80

    FPS (higher is better)

    Star Wars Battlefront II

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      103
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      94

    FPS (higher is better)

    Strange Brigade

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      95
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      93

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      76
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      58

    FPS (higher is better)

    Thief 2014

    DX11, Very High Details

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      98
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      85

    FPS (higher is better)

    Tom Clancy's The Division

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      81
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      68

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Warhammer

    DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      88
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      82

    FPS (higher is better)

    Watch Dogs 2

    Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      64
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      50

    FPS (higher is better)

    Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

    Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      73
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      54

    FPS (higher is better)

    Alien Isolation

    DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      118
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      99

    FPS (higher is better)

    Anno 2205

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      70
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      44

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield Hardline

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      61
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      55

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      39
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      37

    FPS (higher is better)

    Bioshock Infinite

    DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      110
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      95

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2018

    Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      63
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      51

    FPS (higher is better)

    Destiny 2

    Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      75
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      52

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dishonored 2

    Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      52
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      40

    FPS (higher is better)

    Doom (2016)

    OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      91
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      70

    FPS (higher is better)

    Fallout 4

    DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      84
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      51

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 5

    Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      57
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      52

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry Primal

    DX11, Very High Settings

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      60
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      52

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      68
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      55

    FPS (higher is better)

    Ghost Recon - Wildlands

    Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      55
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      42

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      86
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      68

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman (2016)

    DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      58
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      63

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman Absolution

    DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      84
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      76

    FPS (higher is better)

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance

    Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      45
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      40

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

    DX11, Very High Detail

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      99
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      86

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      50
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      39

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 7

    Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      74
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      66

    FPS (higher is better)

    Rise Of The Tomb Raider

    Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      70
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      51

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      45
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      35

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      67
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      63

    FPS (higher is better)

    Star Wars Battlefront II

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      74
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      67

    FPS (higher is better)

    Strange Brigade

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      69
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      69

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      61
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      47

    FPS (higher is better)

    Thief 2014

    DX11, Very High Details

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      72
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      65

    FPS (higher is better)

    Tom Clancy's The Division

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      59
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      51

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Warhammer

    DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      66
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      63

    FPS (higher is better)

    Watch Dogs 2

    Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      45
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      35

    FPS (higher is better)

    Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

    Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      48
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      37

    FPS (higher is better)

    Alien Isolation

    DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      58
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      51

    FPS (higher is better)

    Anno 2205

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      38
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield Hardline

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      30
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      32
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      26

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2018

    Ultra quality TTA DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      38
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

    Destiny 2

    Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      43
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      32

    FPS (higher is better)

    Dishonored 2

    Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      32
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      29

    FPS (higher is better)

    Doom (2016)

    OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      47
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      38

    FPS (higher is better)

    F1 2017

    Ultra quality,TTA,Melbourne,Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      45
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      37

    FPS (higher is better)

    Fallout 4

    DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      41
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 5

    Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      32
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry Primal

    DX11, Very High Settings

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      34
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      33
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      29

    FPS (higher is better)

    Ghost Recon - Wildlands

    Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      31
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      43
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      36

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman (2016)

    DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      35
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance

    Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      21
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      19

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

    DX11, Very High Detail

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      53
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      46

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      28
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      21

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 7

    Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      37
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      27

    FPS (higher is better)

    Rise Of The Tomb Raider

    Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      37
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      29

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      23
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      16

    FPS (higher is better)

    Sniper Elite 4

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      42
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      42

    FPS (higher is better)

    Star Wars Battlefront II

    Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      38
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      35

    FPS (higher is better)

    Strange Brigade

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      40
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      45

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      37
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      27

    FPS (higher is better)

    Thief 2014

    DX11, Very High Details

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      39
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      35

    FPS (higher is better)

    Tom Clancy's The Division

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      35
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

    Total War: Warhammer

    DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      36
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      33

    FPS (higher is better)

    Watch Dogs 2

    Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      24
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      19

    FPS (higher is better)

    Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

    Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      32
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      21

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

    DX11, Very High Detail

    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
      32
    • Radeon R9 Nano
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

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