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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GTX 980 outperforms the more expensive Radeon R9 270X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce GTX 980 is 346 days newer than the more expensive Radeon R9 270X.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Performs up to 9% better in Far Cry 3 than Radeon R9 270X - 151 vs 138 FPS
- Up to 30% cheaper than Radeon R9 270X - $199.0 vs $284.28
- Up to 36% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Radeon R9 270X - $1.32 vs $2.06 per FPS
- Consumes up to 8% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 270X - 165 vs 180 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 270X - 4 vs 2 GB
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 SDRAM PCI Express Video Graphics Card NW91M
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GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
151
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.32/FPS
100%
Price, $
$199
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Gigabyte GV-N980G1 GAMING-4GD G1 Gaming, GeForce GTX 980, 4GB GDDR5 PCiE Video Graphics Card
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon R9 270X
Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R9 270X | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8th, 2013 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$199 | MSRP | $549 |
| 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 179.2 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
| 1000 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1127 MHz |
| 1050 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1216 MHz |
| 1400 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
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