GeForce GTX 980 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with a core clock speed of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 980		13552 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 7629 (129%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		20 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 760		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (54%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 980 will be 17% faster than the Geforce GTX 760 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 31744 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 should be a lot (more or less 53%) more effective at texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 50048 (53%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40704 (130%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.