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GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX Vega 56: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

8 GB HBM2 | 2048-bit

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Logo
Sapphire Technology Technology Radeon 11276-02-40G Pulse RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 HDMI/Triple DP (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card

Buy for CA$676.64 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75097 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

8 GB HBM2 | 2048-bit

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Logo
Sapphire Technology Technology Radeon 11276-02-40G Pulse RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 HDMI/Triple DP (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card

Buy for CA$676.64 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75097 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX Vega 56 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX Vega 56 is 1060 days newer than GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

  • Consumes up to 21% less energy than AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 - 165 vs 210 Watts

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

  • Performs up to 10% better in Dota 2 than GeForce GTX 980 - 189 vs 172 FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 8 vs 4 GB
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Dota 2

Dota 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Best Looking

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

172

91.005291005291%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Logo
Radeon RX Vega 56

Desktop • Aug 14th, 2017


FPS

189

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

CA$676.64

100%

FPS Winner

Sapphire Technology Technology Radeon 11276-02-40G Pulse RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 HDMI/Triple DP (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card

Buy for CA$676.64 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75097 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Best Looking

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Logo
Radeon RX Vega 56

Desktop • Aug 14th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

82.66411727214785%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

47.223065250379356%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Logo
Radeon RX Vega 56

Desktop • Aug 14th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

94.14 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

329.5 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Logo

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Sep 19th, 2014Release Date
Aug 14th, 2017
GeForce 900GenerationVega
$549MSRP
$399
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x 6-pinPower Connectors2x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeHBM2
256-bitBus2048-bit
224.4 GB/sBandwidth
409.6 GB/s
1127 MHzBase Clock Speed
1156 MHz
1216 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1471 MHz
1753 MHz
Memory Clock Speed800 MHz

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