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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GTX 980 outperforms the cheaper 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 cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 12% cheaper than GeForce GTX 980 - $175.0 vs $199.0
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Performs up to 109% better in Metro Exodus than Radeon HD 7970 - 23 vs 11 FPS
- Up to 46% better value when playing Metro Exodus than Radeon HD 7970 - $8.65 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
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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GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
23
100%
Value, $/FPS
$8.65/FPS
100%
Price, $
$199
87%
FPS and Value Winner
Gigabyte GV-N980G1 GAMING-4GD G1 Gaming, GeForce GTX 980, 4GB GDDR5 PCiE Video Graphics Card
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
38%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
76%
GeForce GTX 980
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 |
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