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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 970
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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 logo AMD Radeon HD 7870 logo
General information GeForce GTX 970 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 1050 MHz 0 % 1000 MHz 4.8 %
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 17.1 % 175 W 0 %
Length 312 mm 0 % 296 mm 5.1 %
Cooling Fans 4 0 % 3 25 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 970 Radeon HD 7870
Overall Score 49924 0 % 34616 30.7 %
Future Proof 35 % 0 % 20 % 42.9 %
Benchmark Score 24924 0 % 11983 51.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 772.2 0 % 589.6 23.7 %
Average DirectX performance 74.7 FPS 0 % 37.6 FPS 49.6 %
DirectX 9 performance 141.6 FPS 0 % 80.8 FPS 42.9 %
DirectX 10 performance 46.1 FPS 0 % 17.8 FPS 61.3 %
DirectX 11 performance 70.4 FPS 0 % 29 FPS 58.8 %
DirectX 12 performance 40.8 FPS 0 % 22.8 FPS 44 %
Graphic card computing 4106.5 operations/s 0 % 2332.2 operations/s 43.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 970, Radeon HD 7870.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 970 Radeon HD 7870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.4 FPS 72.4 FPS
High settings 204.1 FPS 130.3 FPS
Medium settings 244.9 FPS 156.4 FPS
Low settings 342.8 FPS 219.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.1 %

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 7870.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 970 Radeon HD 7870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.4 FPS 57.1 FPS
High settings 150.0 FPS 102.8 FPS
Medium settings 180.1 FPS 123.4 FPS
Low settings 252.1 FPS 172.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.5 %
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