Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GTX 980 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 960 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce GTX 980 is 125 days older than the more expensive GeForce GTX 960.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
- Consumes up to 27% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 120 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Performs up to 13% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than GeForce GTX 960 - 85 vs 75 FPS
- Up to 61% cheaper than GeForce GTX 960 - $124.5 vs $319.0
- Up to 66% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than GeForce GTX 960 - $1.46 vs $4.25 per FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 - 4 vs 2 GB
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Buy for $319 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 179 minutes ago
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
85
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.46/FPS
100%
Price, $
$124.5
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $124.5 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 179 minutes ago
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015
Pixel Fillrate
37.7 GPixel/s
48%
Texel Fillrate
75.39 GTexel/s
48%
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
---|---|---|
Jan 22nd, 2015 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$199 | MSRP | $549 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x 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 |
112.2 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
1127 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1127 MHz |
1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1216 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |