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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 970
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AMD logo Radeon HD 7850

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 logo AMD Radeon HD 7850 logo
General information GeForce GTX 970 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 1050 MHz 0 % 860 MHz 18.1 %
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) 145 W 0 % 130 W 10.3 %
Length 312 mm 0 % 296 mm 5.1 %
Cooling Fans 4 0 % 2 50 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 970 Radeon HD 7850
Overall Score 49924 0 % 31563 36.8 %
Future Proof 35 % 0 % 20 % 42.9 %
Benchmark Score 24924 0 % 9962 60 %
2D Benchmark Score 772.2 0 % 555 28.1 %
Average DirectX performance 74.7 FPS 0 % 32.6 FPS 56.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 141.6 FPS 0 % 72.4 FPS 48.8 %
DirectX 10 performance 46.1 FPS 0 % 17 FPS 63.2 %
DirectX 11 performance 70.4 FPS 0 % 22.9 FPS 67.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 40.8 FPS 0 % 18 FPS 55.9 %
Graphic card computing 4106.5 operations/s 0 % 1647.4 operations/s 59.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 970, Radeon HD 7850.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 970 Radeon HD 7850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.4 FPS 64.4 FPS
High settings 204.1 FPS 115.9 FPS
Medium settings 244.9 FPS 139.1 FPS
Low settings 342.8 FPS 194.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.2 %

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 970, Radeon HD 7850.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 970 Radeon HD 7850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.4 FPS 51.9 FPS
High settings 150.0 FPS 93.4 FPS
Medium settings 180.1 FPS 112.1 FPS
Low settings 252.1 FPS 156.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.7 %
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