GeForce GTX 980 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which features clock speeds of 980 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1152 SPUs along with 96 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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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

The GeForce GTX 980 should theoretically be a small bit faster than the Geforce GTX 760 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 will be quite a bit (more or less 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 should be quite a bit (about 130%) better at anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 760, and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

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