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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 980
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AMD logo Radeon HD 7870 XT

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General information GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2013
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 % 925 MHz 17.9 %
Effective Clock 7200 MHz 0 % 6000 MHz 16.7 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 10.8 % 185 W 0 %
Length 312 mm 0 % 275 mm 11.9 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Overall Score 53619 0 % 33983 36.6 %
Future Proof 35 % 0 % 26 % 25.7 %
Benchmark Score 28750 0 % 11549 59.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 795.6 0 % 654.4 17.7 %
Average DirectX performance 86.6 FPS 0 % 33.2 FPS 61.7 %
DirectX 9 performance 163.8 FPS 0 % 47.9 FPS 70.7 %
DirectX 10 performance 52.9 FPS 0 % 26.8 FPS 49.3 %
DirectX 11 performance 83.7 FPS 0 % 41.3 FPS 50.6 %
DirectX 12 performance 46 FPS 0 % 16.8 FPS 63.6 %
Graphic card computing 4727.3 operations/s 0 % 2801 operations/s 40.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.6 FPS 70.8 FPS
High settings 222.4 FPS 127.4 FPS
Medium settings 266.9 FPS 152.9 FPS
Low settings 373.7 FPS 214.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.7 %

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 7870 XT.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 980 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.1 FPS 56.2 FPS
High settings 162.2 FPS 101.1 FPS
Medium settings 194.7 FPS 121.4 FPS
Low settings 272.5 FPS 169.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.7 %
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