GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon R9 295X2
Summary
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Radeon R9 295X2
141%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Radeon R9 295X2
150%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 |
| 335 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 295X2 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 295X2 |
| 50% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon R9 295X2
The Radeon R9 295X2 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (47 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 980 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) | vs | Vesuvius (Vesuvius 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 | 1018 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 980 | | Radeon R9 295X2 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit x2 |
| 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 295X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 165 watts | vs | 500 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Sep 2014 | vs | 29 Apr 2014 |
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
Radeon R9 295X2
130.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
Radeon R9 295X2
358.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
Radeon R9 295X2
640.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 295X2
11466.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 980
18720
Radeon R9 295X2
26440
Points (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
37.7
Radeon R9 295X2
66.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
130.5
Radeon R9 295X2
196.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
91.6
Radeon R9 295X2
130.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
125.5
Radeon R9 295X2
170.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
116.4
Radeon R9 295X2
139.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
48.8
Radeon R9 295X2
63.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
78
Radeon R9 295X2
88.6
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 980
88
Radeon R9 295X2
124
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
117.3
Radeon R9 295X2
191.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
96.4
Radeon R9 295X2
80.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
101.5
Radeon R9 295X2
179.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
89.1
Radeon R9 295X2
135.4
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 980
60
Radeon R9 295X2
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 980
71
Radeon R9 295X2
71
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
90.5
Radeon R9 295X2
116.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
23
Radeon R9 295X2
43.2
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
80.3
Radeon R9 295X2
149.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
58.5
Radeon R9 295X2
90.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 980
86
Radeon R9 295X2
112
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
95.6
Radeon R9 295X2
142.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
79.7
Radeon R9 295X2
136.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
29.7
Radeon R9 295X2
55.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
52.3
Radeon R9 295X2
75.4
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 980
61
Radeon R9 295X2
103
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 980
67
Radeon R9 295X2
85
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
76.6
Radeon R9 295X2
135.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
69
Radeon R9 295X2
49.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
71.4
Radeon R9 295X2
148.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
64.5
Radeon R9 295X2
117
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 980
48
Radeon R9 295X2
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 980
52
Radeon R9 295X2
66
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
62.3
Radeon R9 295X2
92.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
23.1
Radeon R9 295X2
38.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
38.7
Radeon R9 295X2
74.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
29.1
Radeon R9 295X2
47.5
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
56.6
Radeon R9 295X2
95.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
48.4
Radeon R9 295X2
89.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
20.6
Radeon R9 295X2
38.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
27.6
Radeon R9 295X2
38.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 980
31
Radeon R9 295X2
55
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
38.4
Radeon R9 295X2
68.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
32.3
Radeon R9 295X2
24.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
38.9
Radeon R9 295X2
108.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
31.7
Radeon R9 295X2
59.9
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 980
28
Radeon R9 295X2
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 980
29
Radeon R9 295X2
43
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 980
33.2
Radeon R9 295X2
51.8
FPS (higher is better)