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The GeForce GTX 980 is the comparison's loser – it's a slightly slower gaming GPU than the Radeon RX 590 and it's also a slightly worse value for money, as it's $4.51 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 980

  • Consumes up to 6% less energy165 vs 175 Watts

Advantages of the Radeon RX 590

  • A slightly faster GPU for gaming
  • Up to 4% cheaper$119.99 vs $124.50
  • A slightly better value for money for gaming
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory8 vs 4 GB

GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 590 in My Games

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 590 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014


3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4362

91%

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Radeon RX 590

Nov 15th, 2018


3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4775

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 590 in core GPU performance specifications

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014


Memory

4 GB

50%

Memory Bandwidth

224.4 GB/s

88%


Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

70%

FP32

4.981 TFLOPS

70%

AMD Radeon RX 590 Logo

Radeon RX 590

Nov 15th, 2018


Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

256 GB/s

100%


Pixel Fillrate

49.44 GPixel/s

64%

Texture Fillrate

222.5 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

7.119 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

GeForce GTX 980

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

AMD Radeon RX 590 Logo

Radeon RX 590

Sep 19th, 2014
Nov 15th, 2018
$549.00
$279.00
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Desktop
Desktop
165 W
175 W
4 GB
8 GB
GDDR5GDDR5
256-bit256-bit
224.4 GB/s
256 GB/s
77.82 GPixel/s
49.44 GPixel/s
155.6 GTexel/s
222.5 GTexel/s
4.981 TFLOPS
7.119 TFLOPS

GeForce GTX 980 and Radeon RX 590 vs Other GPUs

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