Key Differences
In short — Radeon R5 230 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 R5 230 is 169 days older than GeForce GTX 980.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230
- Performs up to 49% better in Stray than GeForce GTX 980 - 100 vs 67 FPS
- Consumes up to 88% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 19 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R5 230 - 4 vs 1 GB
Stray
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
67
67%
Value, $/FPS
$2.29/FPS
100%
Price, $
$153.5
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $153.5 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 42 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2014
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R5 230 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
---|---|---|
Apr 3rd, 2014 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
Not Available | MSRP | $549 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
None | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
1 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
DDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
64-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
10.67 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
625 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1127 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1216 MHz |
667 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |