Radeon R9 290X and GeForce GTX 980M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce GTX 980M
Radeon R9 290X
7648
GeForce GTX 980M
7565
Radeon R9 290X
GeForce GTX 980M
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
Hawaii XT
GM204
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
October 2013
October 2014
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
None
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
947 MHz
1127 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1038 MHz
CUDA cores
-
1536
Floating-point performance
5,632 gflops
3,462 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
6,200 million
5,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
1536
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
unknown
Texture fill rate
176.0
51.84
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
160 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
No outputs
Eyefinity
+
-
VGA аnalog display support
-
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
+
-
G-SYNC support
-
+
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 (12_1)
CUDA
-
+
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
2.0
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
Shader Model
6.3
6.4
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
Ansel
-
+
AppAcceleration
+
-
BatteryBoost
-
+
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
GameStream
-
+
GameWorks
-
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+
GPU Boost
-
2.0
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
-
+
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
Optimus
-
+
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-