Key Differences
In short — Radeon VII outperforms the cheaper GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 980 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon VII is 1602 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 980.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Up to 81% cheaper than Radeon VII - $153.5 vs $795.0
- Up to 78% better value when playing Valorant than Radeon VII - $0.26 vs $1.16 per FPS
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than AMD Radeon VII - 165 vs 295 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon VII
- Performs up to 16% better in Valorant than GeForce GTX 980 - 687 vs 590 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 16 vs 4 GB
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
590
85%
Value, $/FPS
$0.26/FPS
100%
Price, $
$153.5
100%
Value Winner
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Desktop • Feb 7th, 2019
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
69%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 | vs | AMD Radeon VII |
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Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Feb 7th, 2019 |
GeForce 900 | Generation | Vega II |
$549 | MSRP | $699 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | HBM2 |
256-bit | Bus | 4096-bit |
224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 1024 GB/s |
1127 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1400 MHz |
1216 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1000 MHz |