amd
Brand3GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
$499 • Jun 2012
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 300 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 33.6 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.301 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.75 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 4313 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
AMD • 3GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
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