The Radeon R9 270X is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce GTX 980 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's $154.50 more expensive!
Advantages of the Radeon R9 270X
The GeForce GTX 980 is better in every way
Advantages of the GeForce GTX 980
- At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
- Up to 55% cheaper – $124.50 vs $279.00
- A much better value for money for gaming
- Consumes up to 8% less energy – 165 vs 180 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 4 vs 2 GB
Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 980 for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
GeForce GTX 980
Sep 19th, 2014
Average FPS
70
100%
Min 1% FPS
35
100%
Price, $
$124.5
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.77/FPS
100%
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$124.50
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$399.00
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$879.85
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Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 980 in My Games
The FPS you'll get in saved games
The FPS you'll get in saved games
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Synthetic Benchmarks
The Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 980 in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The Radeon R9 270X vs GeForce GTX 980 in core GPU performance specifications
Radeon R9 270X
Oct 8th, 2013
Memory
2 GB
50%
Memory Bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
80%
Pixel Fillrate
33.6 GPixel/s
43%
Texture Fillrate
84 GTexel/s
54%
FP32
2.688 TFLOPS
54%
GeForce GTX 980
Sep 19th, 2014
Memory
4 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
224.4 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
4.981 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
Radeon R9 270X | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Oct 8th, 2013 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
$199.00 | MSRP | $549.00 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 180 W | Power Consumption | 165 W |
| Memory | ||
| 2 GB | Memory Size | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Memory Bus | 256-bit |
| 179.2 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| 33.6 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| 84 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 155.6 GTexel/s |
| 2.688 TFLOPS | FP32 | 4.981 TFLOPS |
