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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 980
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AMD logo Radeon HD 7850

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 logo AMD Radeon HD 7850 logo
General information GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7850
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 2048 MB 50 %
Core Clock 1126 MHz 0 % 860 MHz 23.6 %
Effective Clock 7200 MHz 0 % 5000 MHz 30.6 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 130 W 21.2 %
Length 312 mm 0 % 296 mm 5.1 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7850
Overall Score 53586 0 % 31543 41.1 %
Future Proof 35 % 0 % 20 % 42.9 %
Benchmark Score 28715 0 % 9949 65.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 795.6 0 % 562.7 29.3 %
Average DirectX performance 87.2 FPS 0 % 32.7 FPS 62.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 164.8 FPS 0 % 73 FPS 55.7 %
DirectX 10 performance 53.2 FPS 0 % 16.9 FPS 68.2 %
DirectX 11 performance 84.8 FPS 0 % 22.8 FPS 73.1 %
DirectX 12 performance 45.9 FPS 0 % 18.1 FPS 60.4 %
Graphic card computing 4769.2 operations/s 0 % 1651 operations/s 65.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 980, Radeon HD 7850.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 124.3 FPS 65.0 FPS
High settings 223.7 FPS 117.0 FPS
Medium settings 268.5 FPS 140.3 FPS
Low settings 375.9 FPS 196.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.7 %

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 7850.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.3 FPS 52.2 FPS
High settings 162.5 FPS 94.0 FPS
Medium settings 195.0 FPS 112.8 FPS
Low settings 273.0 FPS 157.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.1 %
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