GeForce GTX 980 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 760, which has a clock speed of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, 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% quicker than the Geforce GTX 760 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 is much (about 53%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 will be a lot (more or less 130%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 760, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.