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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 980
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AMD logo Radeon R7 260X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 logo AMD Radeon R7 260X logo
General information GeForce GTX 980 Radeon R7 260X
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 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 % 1100 MHz 2.3 %
Boost Clock 1431 MHz 0 % 1188 MHz 17 %
Effective Clock 7200 MHz 0 % 6600 MHz 8.3 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 115 W 30.3 %
Length 312 mm 0 % 225 mm 27.9 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance GeForce GTX 980 Radeon R7 260X
Overall Score 53620 0 % 28677 46.5 %
Future Proof 35 % 0 % 30 % 14.3 %
Benchmark Score 28752 0 % 8224 71.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 805.2 0 % 524.6 34.8 %
Average DirectX performance 87.1 FPS 0 % 27.4 FPS 68.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 166 FPS 0 % 57.5 FPS 65.4 %
DirectX 10 performance 53.1 FPS 0 % 10.1 FPS 81 %
DirectX 11 performance 83.7 FPS 0 % 22.1 FPS 73.6 %
DirectX 12 performance 45.7 FPS 0 % 20 FPS 56.2 %
Graphic card computing 4818 operations/s 0 % 1432 operations/s 70.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 980, Radeon R7 260X.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 980 Radeon R7 260X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.5 FPS 56.9 FPS
High settings 222.3 FPS 102.4 FPS
Medium settings 266.8 FPS 122.9 FPS
Low settings 373.5 FPS 172.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 53.9 %

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 R7 260X.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 980 Radeon R7 260X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.0 FPS 47.0 FPS
High settings 162.1 FPS 84.6 FPS
Medium settings 194.5 FPS 101.5 FPS
Low settings 272.3 FPS 142.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 47.8 %
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