Why is the 980 the better performer?!?!?!?

[KamilKrait15]

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 Report a correction
Better floating-point performance	5,120 GFLOPS	vs	4,358 GFLOPS	More than 15% better floating-point performance
Higher texture rate	160 GTexel/s	vs	136.2 GTexel/s	More than 15% higher texture rate
More shading units	2,560	vs	2,048	512 more shading units
More texture mapping units	160	vs	128	32 more texture mapping units
Wider memory bus	512 bit	vs	256 bit	2x wider memory bus

 

 

So i had a look at the specs of both the r9 390 (which is what i have) and the 980 and really the 390 should be smashing the 980 in gaming... however it does not, in fact the 980 beats the 390 in almost any game. This has been on my mind for a very long time and is bothering me. Why the f*ck is this happening? Answers GREATLY appreciated

[AlwaysFSX]

Never use a site that judges performance based solely off hardware numbers. They're rarely correct unless you're comparing the exact same architecture. Look up benchmarks instead. You know, numbers that matter.

[Bogo1234]

8 minutes ago, KamilKrait15 said:

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 Report a correction
Better floating-point performance	5,120 GFLOPS	vs	4,358 GFLOPS	More than 15% better floating-point performance
Higher texture rate	160 GTexel/s	vs	136.2 GTexel/s	More than 15% higher texture rate
More shading units	2,560	vs	2,048	512 more shading units
More texture mapping units	160	vs	128	32 more texture mapping units
Wider memory bus	512 bit	vs	256 bit	2x wider memory bus

 

 

So i had a look at the specs of both the r9 390 (which is what i have) and the 980 and really the 390 should be smashing the 980 in gaming... however it does not, in fact the 980 beats the 390 in almost any game. This has been on my mind for a very long time and is bothering me. Why the f*ck is this happening? Answers GREATLY appreciated

Don't know, but I love my R9 390 from XFX, it kills 1080p gaming on ultra with over 60 FPS, and has 8GB of GDDR5 which is why I chose it over the 970 which only has 3.5GB, and beats it in benchmarks don by Zaystwocents, as for the price now it can be pick up for $150 to $180.

[KamilKrait15]

1 minute ago, Bogo1234 said:

Don't know, but I love my R9 390 from XFX, it kills 1080p gaming on ultra with over 60 FPS, and has 8GB of GDDR5 which is why I chose it over the 970 which only has 3.5GB, and beats it in benchmarks don by Zaystwocents.

I have the msi r9 390, also in love with my 390

[dragoon20005]

you need to relook at the game performance of the two GPUs

 

the 390 beats the crap out of the GTX980 in most games.

 

and note here the 390 fully supports DX12

 

the 980 barely supports it and in DX12 titles it gets it ass whooped by the 390 everywhere

[KamilKrait15]

5 minutes ago, dragoon20005 said:

you need to relook at the game performance of the two GPUs

 

the 390 beats the crap out of the GTX980 in most games.

 

and note here the 390 fully supports DX12

 

the 980 barely supports it and in DX12 titles it gets it ass whooped by the 390 everywhere

2560x1440 (1440p)	R9 390	R9 390X	GTX 970	GTX 980	R9 290	R9 290X
The Witcher 3, Ultra, HairWorks Off, Custom AA	40.3	43.5	39.2	47.5	35.6	38.2
Battlefield 4, Ultra, 4x MSAA	51.7	54.5	48.9	57.0	44.2	47.2
Crysis 3, Very High, SMAA	48.7	52.3	43.0	50.0	42.0	44.8
Assassin's Creed Unity, Ultra High, FXAA	35.5	38.4	32.8	39.7	31.4	34.4
Far Cry 4, Ultra, SMAA	64.7	69.0	53.9	61.3	52.9	57.5
Ryse: Son of Rome, High, SMAA	57.5	62.2	46.3	54.1	52.0	55.9
Shadow of Mordor, Ultra, High Textures, FXAA	69.2	74.4	57.0	66.0	61.6	65.9
Tomb Raider, Ultimate, FXAA	69.0	75.7	65.5	76.7	61.3	67.2

 

390 is beaten in almost every game... Please tell me where you got your information from?

[Clanscorpia]

6 minutes ago, dragoon20005 said:

you need to relook at the game performance of the two GPUs

 

the 390 beats the crap out of the GTX980 in most games.

 

and note here the 390 fully supports DX12

 

the 980 barely supports it and in DX12 titles it gets it ass whooped by the 390 everywhere

You're thinking 390x dude

[Clanscorpia]

1 minute ago, KamilKrait15 said:

 

390 is beaten in almost every game... Please tell me where you got your information from?

He was obv thinking 390x

[KamilKrait15]

I still haven't got a clear answer as to why the r9 390 is beaten regardless of its superior specs...

[Clanscorpia]

4 minutes ago, KamilKrait15 said:

I still haven't got a clear answer as to why the r9 390 is beaten regardless of its superior specs...

Because specs dont mean everything. The 390 is in a different bracket from the 980. Its the top of its bracket but cant beat the next highest bracket

[TheRandomness]

6 minutes ago, KamilKrait15 said:

I still haven't got a clear answer as to why the r9 390 is beaten regardless of its superior specs...

Because GPUBoss. Also, Nvidia uses an architecture that requires less shaders and higher clocks. AMD has a different architecture that uses more shaders and lower clocks. You cannot compare with hardware specs over different architectures.