Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce GTX 980

Radeon R9 290X
GeForce GTX 980
2816 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
1000MHz
2048 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
1216MHz
FP32
5.63 TFLOPS
FP32
4.98 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
250W
TDP
165W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 2
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon R 200
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
Hawaii
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Variant
Hawaii XT
Codename
NV124
GM204
Variant
GM204-400
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/24/2013
Release Date
9/18/2014
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
438 mm²
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Die Size
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
6.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
14.16M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2816 Shaders
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Shading Units
2048 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
176 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
16 SMs
Compute Units
44 CUs
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1000MHz
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1126MHz Base
1216MHz
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FP32
5.63 TFLOPS
FP32
4.98 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.7 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.16 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
64 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
77.824 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
176 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
155.648 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
1MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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4GB
GDDR5
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4GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
512Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
320GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
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TDP
250W
TDP
165W
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2x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 1.4
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
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Model
VCE 2.0
Model
NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 4.2
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
7
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
275 mm (10.83 in)
Depth
36 mm (1.42 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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