NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 vs AMD Radeon R9 FURY X

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Combined performance score

R9 FURY X
25.84

GeForce GTX 980 outperforms Radeon R9 FURY X by 11% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking191178
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money7.379.42
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2017)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameFijiGM204
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date24 June 2015 (8 years old)19 September 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 $549
Current price$350 (0.5x MSRP)$339 (0.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 980 has 28% better value for money than R9 FURY X.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40962048
CUDA coresno data2048
Compute units64no data
Core clock speedno data1064 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1216 MHz
Number of transistors8,900 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate268.8144 billion/sec
Floating-point performance8,602 gflops4,981 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0PCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length191 mm10.5" (26.7 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)no data500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin2x 6-pins
SLI optionsno data+
Bridgeless CrossFire1no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeHigh Bandwidth Memory (HBM)GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)+no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s224 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
Eyefinity1no data
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
VGA аnalog display supportno data+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno data+
HDMI++
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
DisplayPort support+no data
G-SYNC supportno data+
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FRTC1no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D+no data
LiquidVR1no data
PowerTune+no data
TressFX1no data
TrueAudio+no data
ZeroCore-no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data
DDMA audio+no data
GameStreamno data+
GeForce ShadowPlayno data+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorksno data+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoderno data+
Optimusno data+
BatteryBoostno data+

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
Mantle+no data
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 FURY X 25.84
GTX 980 28.72
+11.1%

GeForce GTX 980 outperforms Radeon R9 FURY X by 11% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 FURY X 10015
GTX 980 11133
+11.2%

GeForce GTX 980 outperforms Radeon R9 FURY X by 11% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 FURY X 16710
+29.2%
GTX 980 12938

Radeon R9 FURY X outperforms GeForce GTX 980 by 29% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD80−85
−17.5%
94
+17.5%
1440p45−50
−13.3%
51
+13.3%
4K30−35
−26.7%
38
+26.7%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 25.84 28.72
Recency 24 June 2015 19 September 2014
Cost $649 $549
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 165 Watt

The GeForce GTX 980 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 FURY X in performance tests.


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