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KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF vs AMD Radeon R9 Fury X

KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.42 GHz · 165 W Speed index 5/100

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF 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.

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

The AMD 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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is 48 % faster than the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOFAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Speed index
5/100
7/100
FP32
5.81 TFLOPS
8.60 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.42 GHz
1.05 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
4 GB HBM
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
165 W
275 W
Launch Price
649 $
649 $

GPU

GPUKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOFAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon R9 FURY X
GPU ChipGM204-400-A1Fiji XT C8
Streaming Multiprocessors1664
Shader20484096
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units128256
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is based on the graphics chip Fiji XT C8, which comes from the Fiji architecture.

Memory

MemoryKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOFAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Memory Size4 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5HBM
Memory Clock1.753 GHz0.500 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps1.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit4,096 bit
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The graphics memory of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is 1.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 0.500 GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOFAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Base Clock1.304 GHz1.050 GHz
Boost Clock1.418 GHz1.050 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 DesignKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOFAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
TDP165 W275 W
Tjunction max98 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOFAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Fan-TypeAxialAxial (Radiator)
Fan 11 x 90 mm1 x 120 mm
Fan 22 x 80 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAIO water cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X has 1 Axial (Radiator) main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOFAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.2--
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 1.4a
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.2
DVI1--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

Featureset

FeaturesetKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOFAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Max. resolution4096x21604096x2160
DirectX12_112_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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With the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X is 4096x2160 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOFAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode
VP8DecodeNo
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

DimensionsKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOFAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
Length308 mm195 mm
Height129 mm115 mm
Width49 mm39 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

Additional data

Additional dataKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOFAMD Radeon R9 Fury X
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2014Q2/2015
Launch Price649 $649 $
Structure size28 nm28 nm
Part-no98NQH6DND2TX--
Documents--data sheet
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q3/2014.

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury X came on the market in Q2/2015 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 AMD Radeon R9 Fury X +55.2 %

  1. 37,384
  2. 58,011

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon R9 Fury X +44.7 %

  1. 45,058
  2. 65,197

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 58,643

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