Head to head

AMD Radeon R9 390X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is ahead by 6% on our index and meets the recommended card of 15 more games. Below: where each one wins.

Card one Card two

Performance index 16 17

Video memory 8 GB 4 GB

Rated power 275 W 165 W

Launch price $429 $549

Index per $100 3.7 3.1

Games at recommended 225 210

Released20152014

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At 1440p in the heaviest games

Modelled FPS, high preset, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Left: AMD Radeon R9 390X; right: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980.

Is the AMD Radeon R9 390X faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980?

No — the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 scores 17 on our index to the AMD Radeon R9 390X's 16, a 6% gap.

Which one runs more games at the recommended spec?

The AMD Radeon R9 390X meets the recommended graphics card of 225 of 274 games; the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, 210.