ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 980 Platinum
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC is based on the AMD Radeon R9 FURY (Fiji) and has 4 GB HBM graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 980 Platinum has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC is based on the graphics chip Fiji PRO CB, which comes from the Fiji architecture.
ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 980 Platinum GPU GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on AMD Radeon R9 FURY
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip Fiji PRO CB
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Fiji
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
2048 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 64
128 Texture Units 224
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 980 Platinum clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC is 1.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 0.500 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type HBM
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 0.500 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 4096 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.241 GHz Base Clock 1.010 GHz
1.342 GHz Boost Clock 1.010 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 275 W.

165 W TDP 275 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 980 Platinum.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 0
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v1.4a
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 980 Platinum it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC is 4096x2160 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_0
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
No VP9 No

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

297 mm Length 278 mm
152 mm Height 115 mm
41 mm Width 52 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 980 Platinum has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q4/2014.

The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury Windforce 3X OC came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

MATRIX-GTX980-P-4GD5 Part-no GV-R9FURYWF3OC-4GD
Q4/2014 Release date Q3/2015
649 $ Launch Price 549 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 28 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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