GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon R9 290X
Summary
GeForce GTX 980
115%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 980
109%
Radeon R9 290X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 |
| 9% higher gaming performance. |
| 125 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 290X |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 980
The GeForce GTX 980 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (71 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 980 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,200 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1127 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 980 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 980 | | Radeon R9 290X | |
|---|
| TDP | 165 watts | vs | 290 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Sep 2014 | vs | 24 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
18720
Radeon R9 290X
16210
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 980
80
Radeon R9 290X
57
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
37.7
Radeon R9 290X
35.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
130.5
Radeon R9 290X
120.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
91.6
Radeon R9 290X
74.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 980
71
Radeon R9 290X
66
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
125.5
Radeon R9 290X
113.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
116.4
Radeon R9 290X
105.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
48.8
Radeon R9 290X
46.2
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 980
114
Radeon R9 290X
100
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 980
99
Radeon R9 290X
73
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
78
Radeon R9 290X
71.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 980
69
Radeon R9 290X
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 980
88
Radeon R9 290X
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 980
62
Radeon R9 290X
75
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
117.3
Radeon R9 290X
107.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
96.4
Radeon R9 290X
81.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
101.5
Radeon R9 290X
99.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 980
76
Radeon R9 290X
60
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
89.1
Radeon R9 290X
88.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 980
60
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 980
71
Radeon R9 290X
64
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 980
67
Radeon R9 290X
61
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
90.5
Radeon R9 290X
74.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 980
52
Radeon R9 290X
41
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
23
Radeon R9 290X
22.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
80.3
Radeon R9 290X
77.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
58.5
Radeon R9 290X
49.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 980
49
Radeon R9 290X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 980
86
Radeon R9 290X
62
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
95.6
Radeon R9 290X
89.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
79.7
Radeon R9 290X
76.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
29.7
Radeon R9 290X
29.9
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 980
73
Radeon R9 290X
63
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 980
63
Radeon R9 290X
47
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
52.3
Radeon R9 290X
51.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 980
49
Radeon R9 290X
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 980
61
Radeon R9 290X
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 980
45
Radeon R9 290X
59
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 980
67
Radeon R9 290X
67
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
76.6
Radeon R9 290X
72.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
69
Radeon R9 290X
49.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
71.4
Radeon R9 290X
71.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 980
56
Radeon R9 290X
43
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
64.5
Radeon R9 290X
66.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 980
48
Radeon R9 290X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 980
52
Radeon R9 290X
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 980
48
Radeon R9 290X
44
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
62.3
Radeon R9 290X
54.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 980
30
Radeon R9 290X
25
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
23.1
Radeon R9 290X
20.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
38.7
Radeon R9 290X
38.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
29.1
Radeon R9 290X
25.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 980
25
Radeon R9 290X
26
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
56.6
Radeon R9 290X
56.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
48.4
Radeon R9 290X
48.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
20.6
Radeon R9 290X
20.7
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 980
37
Radeon R9 290X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
GeForce GTX 980
30
Radeon R9 290X
22
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
27.6
Radeon R9 290X
28.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 980
26
Radeon R9 290X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 980
31
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 980
24
Radeon R9 290X
31
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
38.4
Radeon R9 290X
36.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
32.3
Radeon R9 290X
25.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
38.9
Radeon R9 290X
39.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 980
28
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
31.7
Radeon R9 290X
33.5
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 980
28
Radeon R9 290X
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 980
29
Radeon R9 290X
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 980
27
Radeon R9 290X
25
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
33.2
Radeon R9 290X
30.1
FPS (higher is better)