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GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X vs ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti

GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X 4 GB HBM · 1.05 GHz · 275 W Speed index 7/100

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

ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6 GB GDDR5 · 1.08 GHz · 250 W Speed index 5/100

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is 42 % faster than the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Speed index
7/100
5/100
FP32
8.60 TFLOPS
6.06 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.05 GHz
1.08 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB HBM
6 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
336 GB/s
TDP
275 W
250 W
Launch Price
649 $
699 $

GPU

GPUGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Based onAMD Radeon R9 FURY XNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU ChipFiji XT C8GM200-310-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors6422
Shader40962816
Render Output Units6496
Texture Units256176
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X has the Fiji XT C8 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Fiji architecture.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

Memory

MemoryGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Memory Size4 GB6 GB
Memory TypeHBMGDDR5
Memory Clock0.500 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed1.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s336 GB/s
Memory Interface4,096 bit384 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X clocks at 0.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 1.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Base Clock1.050 GHz1.000 GHz
Boost Clock1.050 GHz1.076 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
TDP275 W250 W
Tjunction max90 °C91 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 275 W.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Fan-TypeAxial (Radiator)Axial
Fan 11 x 120 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAIO water coolingWater cooling
Noise (Idle)--0 dB
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is equipped with a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) main fans.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Max. Displays44
HDCP--2.2
HDMI1x HDMI 1.4a1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.2
DVI--1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

Featureset

FeaturesetGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Max. resolution4096x21604096x2160
DirectX12_012_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoNo
LEDNo LED lightingAddressable LED
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With the GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 4096x2160 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecodeNo
VP8NoDecode
VP9NoNo
AV1NoNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Length210 mm287 mm
Height130 mm137 mm
Width40 mm41 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

Additional data

Additional dataGIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury XASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ2/2015Q3/2015
Launch Price649 $699 $
Structure size28 nm28 nm
Part-noGV-R9FURYX-4GD-BPOSEIDON-GTX980TI-6GD5
Documentsdata sheet--
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The GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Ti came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

Benchmark results

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 GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X +52.8 %

  1. 58,011
  2. 37,964

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan GIGABYTE Radeon R9 Fury X +32.2 %

  1. 65,197
  2. 49,314

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 58,643
  2. no data

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