In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1 and the Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 is 43 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.
Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 is based on AMD Radeon RX 590, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1
Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
The Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1
Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
Base Clock
1.127 GHz
1.469 GHz
Boost Clock
1.216 GHz
1.545 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1 clocks in the base with up to 1.127 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 is 1.469 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1
Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
TDP
165 W
225 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1 is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.
The Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1
Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1 has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1
Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
2x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1.
The Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1
Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Non addressable LED
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1
Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1
Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5
Length
269 mm
260 mm
Height
111 mm
135 mm
Width
38 mm
43 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 V1 is 269 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.
The Sapphire NITRO RX 590 8G G5 is 260 mm long, 135 mm high and 43 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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