NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 vs AMD Radeon R9 390

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and AMD Radeon R9 390. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM204GPU NameGrenada
GM204-400-A1Model numberGrenada PRO
(215-0880030)
Maxwell 2.0ArchitectureGCN 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
5,200 millionTransistors6,200 million
398 mm²Die Size438 mm²

Graphics Card

Sep 19th, 2014Release DateJun 18th, 2015
GeForce 900FamilyPirate Islands
(R9 300)
End-of-lifeProductionActive
549 USDLaunch Price329 USD
GeForce 700PredecessorVolcanic Islands
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

4 GBMemory Size8 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus512 bit
224.4 GB/sBandwidth384.0 GB/s

Performance

77.82 GPixel/sPixel fillrate64.00 GPixel/s
155.6 GTexel/sTexture fillrate160.0 GTexel/s
4.981 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance5.120 TFLOPS
155.6 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance640.0 GFLOPS (1:8)

Clock Speeds

1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Render Config

2048Shading Units2560
128TMUs160
64ROPs64
48 KB (per SMM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
2 MBL2 Cache1024 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
267 mm
10.5 inches
Length275 mm
10.8 inches
111 mm
4.4 inches
Width109 mm
4.3 inches
40 mm
1.6 inches
Height36 mm
1.4 inches
165 WThermal design power (TDP)275 W
450 WSuggested PSU600 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
PG401Board NumberC679

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (12_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL2.0
1.1Vulkan1.2
6.4Shader Model6.3