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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 980
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6970

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 logo AMD Radeon HD 6970 logo
General information GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 6970
Launched Q3 2014 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 2048 MB 50 %
Core Clock 1126 MHz 0 % 880 MHz 21.8 %
Effective Clock 7200 MHz 0 % 1425 MHz 80.2 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 34 % 250 W 0 %
Length 312 mm 0 % 297 mm 4.8 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 6970
Overall Score 53586 0 % 27058 49.5 %
Future Proof 35 % 0 % 21 % 40 %
Benchmark Score 28715 0 % 7321 74.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 795.6 0 % 428.6 46.1 %
Average DirectX performance 87.2 FPS 0 % 27 FPS 69 %
DirectX 9 performance 164.8 FPS 0 % 67.3 FPS 59.2 %
DirectX 10 performance 53.2 FPS 0 % 19.8 FPS 62.7 %
DirectX 11 performance 84.8 FPS 0 % 20.9 FPS 75.3 %
DirectX 12 performance 45.9 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 4769.2 operations/s 0 % 1493.5 operations/s 68.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 980, Radeon HD 6970.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 6970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 124.3 FPS 53.3 FPS
High settings 223.7 FPS 95.9 FPS
Medium settings 268.5 FPS 115.0 FPS
Low settings 375.9 FPS 161.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 57.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 980, Radeon HD 6970.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 6970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.3 FPS 44.5 FPS
High settings 162.5 FPS 80.0 FPS
Medium settings 195.0 FPS 96.0 FPS
Low settings 273.0 FPS 134.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 50.7 %
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