Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GTX 980 outperforms the more expensive Radeon R7 260X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce GTX 980 is 346 days newer than the more expensive Radeon R7 260X.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 260X
- Consumes up to 30% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 115 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Performs up to 15% better in Dota 2 than Radeon R7 260X - 172 vs 150 FPS
- Up to 38% cheaper than Radeon R7 260X - $91.04 vs $146.23
- Up to 45% better value when playing Dota 2 than Radeon R7 260X - $0.59 vs $1.08 per FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R7 260X - 4 vs 2 GB
Dota 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013
FPS
150
87.20930232558139%
Value, €/FPS
€1.08/FPS
54.629629629629626%
Price, €
€162.32
62%
Buy for €162.32 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 4940 minutes ago
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
172
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.59/FPS
100%
Price, €
€101.05
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for €101.05 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 4940 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013
Pixel Fillrate
17.6 GPixel/s
22.61629401182216%
Texel Fillrate
61.6 GTexel/s
39.588688946015424%
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R7 260X | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
---|---|---|
Oct 8th, 2013 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$139 | MSRP | $549 |
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
2 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
128-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
104 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
1100 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1127 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1216 MHz |
1625 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |