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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 980
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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 logo AMD Radeon HD 7870 logo
General information GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7870
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 % 1000 MHz 11.2 %
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 5.7 % 175 W 0 %
Length 312 mm 0 % 296 mm 5.1 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7870
Overall Score 53586 0 % 34595 35.4 %
Future Proof 35 % 0 % 20 % 42.9 %
Benchmark Score 28715 0 % 11968 58.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 795.6 0 % 583.7 26.6 %
Average DirectX performance 87.2 FPS 0 % 38 FPS 56.4 %
DirectX 9 performance 164.8 FPS 0 % 81.4 FPS 50.6 %
DirectX 10 performance 53.2 FPS 0 % 18.1 FPS 66 %
DirectX 11 performance 84.8 FPS 0 % 29.2 FPS 65.5 %
DirectX 12 performance 45.9 FPS 0 % 23.2 FPS 49.4 %
Graphic card computing 4769.2 operations/s 0 % 2343.6 operations/s 50.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 980, Radeon HD 7870.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 124.3 FPS 73.0 FPS
High settings 223.7 FPS 131.4 FPS
Medium settings 268.5 FPS 157.7 FPS
Low settings 375.9 FPS 220.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.3 %

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 7870.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.3 FPS 57.5 FPS
High settings 162.5 FPS 103.5 FPS
Medium settings 195.0 FPS 124.2 FPS
Low settings 273.0 FPS 173.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.3 %
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