Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GTX 980 outperforms the more expensive Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce GTX 980 is 1002 days newer than the more expensive Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Performs up to 109% better in Metro Exodus than Radeon HD 7970 - 23 vs 11 FPS
- Up to 18% cheaper than Radeon HD 7970 - $144.0 vs $175.0
- Up to 61% better value when playing Metro Exodus than Radeon HD 7970 - $6.26 vs $15.91 per FPS
- Consumes up to 34% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 165 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 33% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 4 vs 3 GB
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
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In Stock
Updated 241530 minutes ago
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
23
100%
Value, $/FPS
$6.26/FPS
100%
Price, $
$144
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $144 on Amazon
In Stock
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
38%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
76%
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
---|---|---|
Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$549 | MSRP | $549 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
3 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
384-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1127 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1216 MHz |
1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |