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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 980
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6790

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 logo AMD Radeon HD 6790 logo
General information GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 6790
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 1024 MB 75 %
Core Clock 1126 MHz 0 % 840 MHz 25.4 %
Effective Clock 7200 MHz 0 % 1100 MHz 84.7 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 150 W 9.1 %
Length 312 mm 0 % 261 mm 16.3 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 6790
Overall Score 53620 0 % 20433 61.9 %
Future Proof 35 % 0 % 13 % 62.9 %
Benchmark Score 28752 0 % 4175 85.5 %
2D Benchmark Score 805.2 0 % 375.9 53.3 %
Average DirectX performance 87.1 FPS 0 % 14.7 FPS 83.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 166 FPS 0 % 35.7 FPS 78.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 53.1 FPS 0 % 11 FPS 79.2 %
DirectX 11 performance 83.7 FPS 0 % 12 FPS 85.7 %
DirectX 12 performance 45.7 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 4818 operations/s 0 % 670 operations/s 86.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 980, Radeon HD 6790.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 6790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.5 FPS 35.9 FPS
High settings 222.3 FPS 64.5 FPS
Medium settings 266.8 FPS 77.4 FPS
Low settings 373.5 FPS 108.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 71 %

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 6790.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 6790
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.0 FPS 32.7 FPS
High settings 162.1 FPS 58.9 FPS
Medium settings 194.5 FPS 70.6 FPS
Low settings 272.3 FPS 98.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 63.7 %
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