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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 14% better in Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves than Radeon HD 7970 - 67 vs 59 FPS
- Up to 18% cheaper than Radeon HD 7970 - $144.0 vs $175.0
- Up to 28% better value when playing Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves than Radeon HD 7970 - $2.15 vs $2.97 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
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
67
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.15/FPS
100%
Price, $
$144
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
59
88.05970149253731%
Value, $/FPS
$2.97/FPS
72.39057239057239%
Price, $
$175
82%
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
38.036494474428174%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
76.09254498714654%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | Southern Islands |
| $549 | MSRP | $549 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
1127 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| 1216 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
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