GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon Pro Duo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 980 and Radeon Pro Duo. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 980 and Radeon Pro Duo. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 Radeon Pro Duo
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 350 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pins 3x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
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  • Radeon Pro Duo has 112% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 980.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon Pro Duo has 4 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 980.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 980 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro Duo - with GCN 3.0.
  • GeForce GTX 980 and Radeon Pro Duo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon Pro Duo is 267 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 980.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro Duo is 493 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 55−60 50−55
ultra / 1080p 35−40 30−35
QHD / 1440p 30−35 27−30
4K / 2160p 18−20 14−16
low / 720p 80−85 75−80
medium / 1080p 65−70 60−65
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 980 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than Radeon Pro Duo.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 Radeon Pro Duo
Architecture Maxwell GCN 3.0
Code name GM204 Capsaicin
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 19 September 2014 26 April 2016
Pipelines 2048 4096
Boost Clock 1216 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 144 billion/sec 256.0
Floating-point performance 4,981 gflops 2x 8,192 gflops
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 277 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s 500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 512 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.54 kh/s
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 2048
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI + +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 579 Mh/s 809 Mh/s
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.74 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.28 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 312.12 Sol/s
Compute units 128
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
Enduro +
FRTC +
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