GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX 980
170%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 980
158%
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 |
| 58% higher gaming performance. |
| 85 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 280X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 980
The GeForce GTX 980 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (42 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 980 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,200 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1127 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 980 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 980 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 165 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Sep 2014 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
18720
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 980
80
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
37.7
Radeon R9 280X
26.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
130.5
Radeon R9 280X
86.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
91.6
Radeon R9 280X
54.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 980
71
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
125.5
Radeon R9 280X
100.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
116.4
Radeon R9 280X
66.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
48.8
Radeon R9 280X
32.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 980
69
Radeon R9 280X
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 980
85
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 980
88
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 980
73
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 980
60
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 980
71
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 980
52
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
23
Radeon R9 280X
15.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
80.3
Radeon R9 280X
56.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
58.5
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 980
49
Radeon R9 280X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 980
86
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
95.6
Radeon R9 280X
77.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
79.7
Radeon R9 280X
49.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
29.7
Radeon R9 280X
21.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 980
49
Radeon R9 280X
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 980
55
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 980
61
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 980
67
Radeon R9 280X
51
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 980
53
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 980
48
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 980
52
Radeon R9 280X
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 980
30
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
23.1
Radeon R9 280X
12.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
38.7
Radeon R9 280X
28.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
29.1
Radeon R9 280X
18.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
56.6
Radeon R9 280X
46.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
48.4
Radeon R9 280X
33.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
20.6
Radeon R9 280X
14.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 980
26
Radeon R9 280X
13
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 980
26
Radeon R9 280X
14
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 980
32
Radeon R9 280X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 980
28
Radeon R9 280X
16
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 980
29
Radeon R9 280X
18
FPS (higher is better)