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GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 590

GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 590: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 590 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 590 is 1518 days newer than GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980

  • Consumes up to 6% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 590 - 165 vs 175 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 590

  • Performs up to 2% better in Rust than GeForce GTX 980 - 110 vs 108 FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 8 vs 4 GB
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Rust

Rust

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

108

98%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

AMD Radeon RX 590 Logo
Radeon RX 590

Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018


FPS

110

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$9.42/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$1036

100%

FPS and Value Winner

XFX RX-590P8DFD6 Radeon RX 590 Fatboy 8GB OC+ 1580MHz DDR5 3xDP HDMI DVI Graphic Cards

Buy for CA$1,036 on Amazon

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Updated 313 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

AMD Radeon RX 590 Logo
Radeon RX 590

Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

70%

AMD Radeon RX 590 Logo
Radeon RX 590

Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018


Pixel Fillrate

49.44 GPixel/s

64%

Texel Fillrate

222.5 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

GeForce GTX 980

vs
AMD Radeon RX 590 Logo

Radeon RX 590

Sep 19th, 2014
Nov 15th, 2018
GeForce 900Polaris
$549
$279
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x 6-pin1x 8-pin
Desktop
Desktop
4 GB
8 GB
GDDR5GDDR5
256-bit256-bit
224.4 GB/s
256 GB/s
1127 MHz
1469 MHz
1216 MHz
1545 MHz
1753 MHz
2000 MHz

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