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