NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 vs AMD Radeon R9 380X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 $549
AMD Radeon R9 380X $229
2048 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
1216MHz
2048 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
970MHz
Peak AI Performance
19.92 TOPS
INT8
Peak AI Performance
3.97 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
4.98 TFLOPS
FP32
3.97 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
165W
TDP
190W
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin

Peak AI Performance

  • 5.02x faster vs Radeon R9 380X
  • 80% slower vs GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 980 - 19.92 TOPS INT8
x5.02
Radeon R9 380X - 3.97 TFLOPS FP32
x1

FP32

  • 25% faster vs Radeon R9 380X
  • 20% slower vs GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 980 - 4.98 TFLOPS FP32
x1.25
Radeon R9 380X - 3.97 TFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 23% faster vs Radeon R9 380X
  • 19% slower vs GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 980 - 224GB/s
x1.23
Radeon R9 380X - 182.4GB/s
x1
  • 13% lower vs Radeon R9 380X
  • 15% higher vs GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 980 - 165W
x1
Radeon R9 380X - 190W
x1.15
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Architecture
GCN 3
Family
GeForce 900
Family
Radeon R 300
Codename
NV124
GM204
Variant
GM204-400
Codename
Tonga
-
Variant
Antigua XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
9/18/2014
Release Date
11/1/2015
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
28nm
Fabrication Node
28nm
Die Size
398 mm²
Die Size
359 mm²
Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
Transistor Count
5 Billion
Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
Transistor Density
13.93M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2048 Shaders
Shading Units
2048 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Streaming Multiprocessors
16 SMs
-
-
-
-
Compute Units
32 CUs
1126MHz Base
1216MHz
-
970MHz
Peak AI Performance
19.92 TOPS
INT8
Peak AI Performance
3.97 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
4.98 TFLOPS
FP32
3.97 TFLOPS
FP64
160 GFLOPS
FP64
250 GFLOPS
INT8
19.92 TOPS
-
-
INT32
4.98 TOPS
-
-
Pixel Fillrate
77.824 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
31.04 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
155.648 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
124.16 GTexel/s
L1
48KB/SM
-
L1
-
16KB/CU
L2
2MB Shared
L2
768KB Shared
4GB
GDDR5
4GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
Clock
1425MHz
Transfer Rate
5.7GT/s
Bandwidth
182.4GB/s
TDP
165W
TDP
190W
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
-
3x DisplayPort 1.2
-
1x HDMI 2.0
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x DVI-D Dual-Link
1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 1.4
-
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
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
Model
2x NVENC 3
Model
VCE 3.0
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Model
NVDEC 1
Model
UVD 5.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Shader Model
6.5
-
-
GFX
8
-
-
-
-
1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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
4-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
221 mm (8.7 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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