GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon R9 Nano

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 980 and Radeon R9 Nano. 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 R9 Nano. 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 R9 Nano
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pins 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
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  • Radeon R9 Nano has 6% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 980.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 980 and Radeon R9 Nano have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 980 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 Nano - with GCN 1.2.
  • GeForce GTX 980 and Radeon R9 Nano are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 Nano is 142 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 980.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 Nano is 493 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 55−60 50−55
ultra / 1080p 35−40 35−40
QHD / 1440p 30−35 27−30
4K / 2160p 18−20 16−18
low / 720p 80−85 80−85
medium / 1080p 65−70 60−65
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 980 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Radeon R9 Nano.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 Radeon R9 Nano
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.2
Code name GM204 Fiji
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 19 September 2014 10 September 2015
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 8,192 gflops
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 152 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 6.3
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
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.74 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.28 Mh/s 30 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 312.12 Sol/s 295 Sol/s
Compute units 64
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
FRTC +
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