Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming Review
Category : NVIDIA
Published by Marc Büchel on 19.09.14
Gigabyte is amongst the select NVIDIA board partners that offer new Maxwell based high-end graphics cards from day one. The GTX 980 G1 Gaming ships with Gigabyte's latest Windforce cooler, which should be well capable of keeping the card cool at low temperatures. Apart from that there is a custom design PCB, so this pixel cannon looks like a really interesting contender.
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Presentation
Gigabyte is amongst the first Nvidia add-in-card (AIC) partners that have decided to introduce a new custom GTX 980 graphics card that will use NVIDIAs latest and greatest GM204 chip. For this graphics card, Gigabyte makes use of a custom PCB paired up with its own custom Windforce 3X 600W cooler and on the flip-side of the card, there is a backplate with G1 Gaming design. A quick look at the specs also reveals that the card ships factory overclocked.
As always before the launch of a new chip generation from NVIDIA there have been loads of rumors on the specs before the launch. Browsing the specifications of this card we find 2048 CUDA cores, 128 TMUs and 64 ROPs. For comparison reasons, the GTX 780 features 2304 CUDA cores, 192 TMUs and 48 ROPs. This means that NVIDIA cut down the CUDA core count as well as TMU count, but at the same time increased the number of ROPs. Looking for reference clocks we find 1'126 MHz core clock and 1'216 MHz boost clock.
As you can see from the GPU-Z screenshot below, Gigabyte decided to use a rather beefy high factory-overclock on the new GTX 980 G1 Gaming. While the reference GTX 980 with GM204 GPU is set to work at 1'126 MHz for the base clock and 1'216 MHz for the GPU Boost clock, the Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming runs at 1'228 MHz core clock and 1'329 MHz boost clock.
When it comes to memory clock speeds we see a tiny, 12 MHz frequency boost, which makes the chips run at 7'012 MHz. Combine this with a 256 Bit memory interface and you end up with a total of 224 Gigabyte of memory bandwidth.
While the typical boost clock is set at 1'329 MHz, the maximum boost of 1'380 MHz was achieved quite easily and the GTX 980 G1 Gaming held that clock most of the load time due to the capable Windforce 3X 600W cooler as well as good TDP target (nVidia's Boost technology being power-based and not temperature-based on this card). At this point we also run Furmark to see how high the card overclocks, when the GPU is under full load. This way we can determine a worst case scenario regarding maximum boost clock. With the card we see clocks speeds of 1'354 MHz at 1.175v.
Specifications
| Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming | GeForce GTX 980 | GeForce GTX 780 | |
| Chip | GM204 Maxwell | GM204 Maxwell | GK110-300 Kepler |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 5.20 billion | 5.20 billion | 7.10 billion |
| GPU clock | 1'228 MHz | 1'126 MHz | 863 MHz |
| GPU Boost clock | 1'329 MHz | 1'216 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory GDDR5 | 4'096 MB | 3'072 MB | 3'072 MB |
| Memory clock | 1'753 (7'012) MHz | 1'750 (7'000) MHz | 1'502 (6'008) MHz |
| Memory interface | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 224'000 MB/s | 224'000 MB/s | 288'400 MB/s |
| Shader Cores | 2'048 (12 SMX) | 2'048 (12 SMX) | 2'304 (12 SMX) |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 | 192 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 | 48 |
| TDP | >165 Watt | 165 Watt | 250 Watt |
| PCB Type | Custom Design | Reference Design | Reference Design |
| Slots | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cooler | WindForce 3X 600W | NVIDIA Reference | NVIDIA Reference |
| Launch Price | $ | $599 | $649 |
Overclocking
Overclocking this card we actually had quite some fun, since you can push this little beast quite high. The highest stable clocks we reached were 1'563 MHz on the GPU and 2'075 MHz on the memory (effective 8'300 MHz). The screenshot below shows you what kind you of score you can get running 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme at these clocks. In order to make the GPU run stably, we had to apply 1.25 volt.
The card
Gigabyte decided to equip their new GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming with the latest version of their own cooler, which is called WindForce 3X 600W. It features five 8mm and one 6mm copper heatpipes. Soldered to the heatpipes, there is a large and dense fin stack which is being cooled by three 80mm fans.
Overall the cooler is well built and compared to the predecessor the copper base plate looks quite a bit nicer. There is actually a large coper plate, which helps distributing heat evenly to the numerous heatpipes. Sticking to the copper plate we find thermal pads, which are touching the memory chips and VRM area.
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The new Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming is equipped with a very nice and well designed aluminium backplate to prevent bending and it also protects crucial components from potential damage.
A closer look at the PCB shows that Gigabyte equipped its card with an 8+2+2 phase power design. The GPU gets its current from eight phases. Two more are there to handle the memory and the last two take care off the PLL current supply.
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The memory chips on the GTX 980 G1 Gaming come from Samsung and carry the model number K4G41325FC-HC28. They are specified to run at 1'750 MHz (7'000 MHz effective).
Photo Gallery
Delivery
The new GTX 980 G1 Gaming graphics card ships well bolstered in a foam made mold. Bundled with the graphics card are software disc and two power converters (2x Molex to PCIe-6pin and 2xMolex to PCIe-8pin). Since this is a high-end, custom graphics card, we would have liked to see some more goodies in the delivery.
Test Setup
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3DMark - Fire Strike Performance
| Graphics Cards | Score | Graphics Score |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 11'593 | 14'071 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 11'024 | 13'020 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 10'455 | 12'225 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 10'303 | 12'006 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 9'714 | 11'484 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 9'690 | 11'452 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 9'529 | 11'141 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 9'400 | 10'988 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 9'135 | 11'273 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 9'115 | 10'399 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 9'043 | 10'566 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 8'989 | 10'196 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 8'970 | 10'185 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 8'790 | 10'117 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 8'948 | 10'133 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 8'639 | 10'883 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 8'683 | 9'806 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 8'396 | 9'420 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 8'341 | 9'344 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 7'877 | 8'734 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 7'640 | 8'689 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 7'554 | 8'458 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 7'437 | 8'273 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 7'312 | 8'198 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 7'294 | 8'146 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 7'224 | 8'132 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 7'091 | 7'922 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 7'093 | 7'837 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 6'904 | 7'719 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 6'679 | 7'408 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 6'578 | 7'215 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 6'350 | 7'207 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 6'402 | 7'102 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 5'979 | 6'564 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 5'944 | 6'515 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 5'915 | 6'473 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 5'844 | 6'398 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 5'801 | 6'338 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 5'696 | 6'210 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 5'674 | 6'226 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 5'624 | 6'099 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 5'521 | 6'039 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 5'318 | 5'784 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 5'246 | 5'712 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 5'243 | 5'645 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 5'188 | 5'642 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 5'059 | 5'483 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 5'009 | 5'436 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 4'885 | 5'270 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 4'545 | 4'975 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 4'415 | 4'707 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 4'387 | 4'648 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 4'319 | 4'648 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 4'176 | 4'460 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 4'146 | 4'411 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 3'762 | 3'962 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 3'742 | 3'880 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 3'546 | 3'823 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 3'338 | 3'446 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 3'232 | 3'299 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 3'031 | 3'182 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 2'991 | 3'096 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 2'710 | 2'751 |
| More is better | ||
3DMark - Fire Strike Extreme
| Graphics Cards | Score | Graphics Score |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 5'937 | 6'346 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 5'668 | 6'028 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 5'340 | 5'641 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 5'248 | 5'538 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 5'011 | 5'336 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 5'010 | 5'333 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 4'859 | 5'296 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 4'844 | 5'093 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 4'823 | 5'101 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 4'658 | 4'854 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 4'619 | 4'884 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 4'601 | 4'800 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 4'550 | 4'747 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 4'462 | 4'734 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 4'460 | 4'653 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 4'441 | 4'622 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 4'406 | 4'562 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 4'198 | 4'330 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 4'271 | 4'420 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 4'007 | 4'121 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 3'829 | 3'967 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 3'785 | 3'928 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 3'746 | 3'880 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 3'684 | 3'763 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 3'649 | 3'781 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 3'634 | 3'757 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 3'568 | 3'720 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 3'564 | 3'668 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 3'426 | 3'592 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 3'319 | 3'448 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 3'291 | 3'383 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 3'185 | 3'274 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 3'176 | 3'286 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 2'991 | 3'084 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 2'956 | 3'044 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 2'961 | 3'037 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 2'904 | 2'991 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 2'904 | 2'970 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 2'851 | 2'931 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 2'837 | 2'933 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 2'805 | 2'872 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 2'760 | 2'855 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 2'657 | 2'739 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 2'610 | 2'655 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 2'598 | 2'668 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 2'570 | 2'636 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 2'503 | 2'562 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 2'484 | 2'560 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 2'378 | 2'440 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 2'213 | 2'350 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 2'180 | 2'204 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 2'178 | 2'202 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 2'044 | 2'073 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 2'006 | 2'204 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 2'008 | 2'034 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 1'842 | 1'848 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 1'784 | 1'760 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 1'585 | 1'555 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 1'456 | 1'437 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 1'101 | 1'025 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 1'005 | 1'005 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 942 | 983 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 959 | 878 |
| More is better | ||
Unigine Heaven 4.0 Extreme Preset
| Graphics Cards | Score | fps |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 2'181 | 86.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 2'040 | 81.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 2'046 | 81.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 2'035 | 80.8 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 1'955 | 76.5 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 1'923 | 76.3 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 1'808 | 71.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 1'805 | 71.6 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 1'803 | 71.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 1'772 | 69.9 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 1'756 | 69.7 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 1'736 | 68.9 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 1'754 | 68.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 1'744 | 69.2 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 1'645 | 65.1 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 1'603 | 63.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 1'594 | 63.3 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 1'567 | 62.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 1'537 | 61.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 1'368 | 54.3 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 1'310 | 52.0 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 1'265 | 50.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 1'261 | 50.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 1'204 | 47.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 1'204 | 47.8 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 1'204 | 47.2 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 1'178 | 46.7 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 1'156 | 45.9 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 1'148 | 45.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 1'137 | 45.1 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 1'135 | 45.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 1'113 | 44.2 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 1'106 | 43.9 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 1'072 | 42.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 1'063 | 42.2 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 1'060 | 42.1 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 1'058 | 42.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 1'034 | 41.1 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 1'028 | 40.8 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 1'004 | 39.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 951 | 37.8 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 944 | 37.5 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 921 | 36.5 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 915 | 36.3 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 886 | 35.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 866 | 34.4 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 864 | 34.3 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 853 | 33.9 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 832 | 33.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 826 | 32.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 801 | 31.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 705 | 28.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 704 | 28.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 702 | 27.9 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 684 | 27.2 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 684 | 27.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 620 | 24.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 568 | 22.5 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 556 | 22.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 510 | 20.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 498 | 19.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 478 | 19.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 403 | 16.0 |
| More is better | ||
BattleField 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 4xMSAA, Ultra, SSAO | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 120.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 118.9 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 117.9 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 110.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 107.4 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 106.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 101.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 100.9 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 99.4 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 99.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 97.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 96.9 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 96.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 96.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 96.0 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 94.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 93.2 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 92.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 90.4 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 84.6 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 83.4 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 81.6 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 80.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 79.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 78.6 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 78.4 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 78.0 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 77.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 76.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 76.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 72.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 71.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 70.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 69.0 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 69.0 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 67.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 67.4 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 67.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 66.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 65.6 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 62.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 62.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 61.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 58.2 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 57.8 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 56.1 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 55.8 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 55.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 54.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 50.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 48.6 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 44.7 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 44.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 44.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 44.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 41.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 36.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 35.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 33.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 32.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 32.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 29.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 26.6 |
| More is better |
Bioshock Infinite - Benchmark
| Ultra Preset, 1920x1080, AA, no DDOF | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 133.96 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 122.41 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 122.16 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 119.69 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 119.16 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 117.30 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 115.01 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 113.45 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 111.74 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 107.32 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 103.53 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 103.24 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 102.86 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 102.00 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 102.20 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 100.03 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 99.78 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 97.06 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 95.55 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 93.44 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 90.78 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 85.80 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 85.04 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 83.02 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 82.11 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 81.00 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 79.38 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 79.25 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 78.98 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 78.01 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 76.80 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 75.68 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 75.44 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 75.21 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 73.88 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 73.48 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 71.54 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 70.13 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 69.07 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 68.73 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 67.87 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 62.41 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 60.36 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 58.74 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 57.47 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 56.53 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 54.79 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 52.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 52.91 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 52.89 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 52.67 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 51.11 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 51.04 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 50.55 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 45.77 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 43.20 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 43.13 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 42.91 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 39.28 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 38.13 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 34.89 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 34.65 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 33.69 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 32.42 |
| More is better |
Crysis 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Very High | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 58.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 49.3 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 41.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 41.2 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 41.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 38.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 34.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 33.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 33.8 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 33.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 33.4 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 33.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 31.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 31.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 30.2 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 28.8 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 28.0 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 27.3 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 27.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 26.8 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 25.9 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 25.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 25.4 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 24.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 24.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 24.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 23.4 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 23.0 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 22.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 22.2 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 22.0 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 21.6 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 21.6 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 20.8 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 20.8 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 20.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 20.4 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 20.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 19.8 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 19.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 18.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 18.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 17.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 16.8 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 16.7 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 16.4 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 16.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 15.4 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 15.1 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 15.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 15.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 14.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 14.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 14.2 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 14.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 12.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 11.8 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 11.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 10.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 8.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 8.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 8.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 7.6 |
| More is better |
Call of Duty Black Ops 2
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, High | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 209.4 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 177.4 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 176.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 172.1 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 162.3 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 159.4 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 146.3 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 146.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 145.8 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 142.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 141.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 138.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 137.2 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 134.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 133.7 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 133.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 131.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 130.2 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 127.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 127.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 121.0 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 118.2 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 116.1 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 115.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 109.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 109.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 107.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 105.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 103.6 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 103.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 102.8 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 101.6 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 101.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 101.0 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 99.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 98.2 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 97.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 95.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 94.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 93.2 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 89.2 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 88.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 86.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 84.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 81.8 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 81.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 81.4 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 80.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 79.2 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 79.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 72.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 69.9 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 69.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 68.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 64.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 62.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 62.4 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 59.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 58.7 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 58.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 54.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 48.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 46.4 |
| More is better |
DIRT Showdown - Benchmark
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 121.60 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 119.36 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 119.29 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 114.19 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 112.63 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 108.86 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 107.93 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 105.76 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 104.89 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 100.09 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 98.04 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 95.00 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 94.90 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 94.74 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 92.64 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 90.83 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 89.13 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 87.97 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 87.64 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 83.44 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 82.72 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 82.45 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 82.36 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 81.65 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 80.48 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 80.30 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 79.22 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 76.46 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 71.63 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 71.73 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 70.66 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 70.28 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 69.91 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 68.79 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 67.04 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 66.32 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 65.57 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 64.63 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 63.26 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 62.99 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 62.53 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 60.25 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 61.50 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 59.99 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 59.36 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 59.10 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 58.98 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 58.50 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 54.27 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 52.48 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 50.61 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 48.92 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 45.35 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 44.20 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 44.19 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 43.28 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 43.24 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 38.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 38.02 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 36.48 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 30.35 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 30.05 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 29.13 |
| More is better |
Far Cry 3
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xMSAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 65.4 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 63.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 62.8 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 61.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 61.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 58.2 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 54.9 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 54.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 53.8 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 53.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 53.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 52.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 52.1 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 51.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 50.2 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 50.0 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 49.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 47.2 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 46.8 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 46.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 40.4 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 40.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 39.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 38.2 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 37.5 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 35.6 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 34.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 33.3 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 33.2 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 33.2 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 33.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 32.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 32.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 32.2 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 31.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 31.0 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 30.9 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 30.4 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 30.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 29.4 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 22.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 27.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 27.0 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 25.4 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 24.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 24.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 24.6 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 23.8 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 22.4 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 22.3 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 22.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STIX OC Edition | 21.7 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 21.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 21.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 20.6 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 18.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 18.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 17.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 15.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 15.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 13.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 13.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 10.6 |
| More is better |
Sleeping Dogs - Benchmark
| High Preset, 1920x1080, Extreme, High-Res Textures | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 84.5 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 80.9 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 78.3 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 76.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 76.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 73.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 72.4 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 69.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 69.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 68.8 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 66.5 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 66.3 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 65.9 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 64.5 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 63.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 62.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 61.5 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 61.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 58.7 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 56.6 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 56.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 56.2 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 56.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 54.9 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 53.7 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 52.2 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 52.1 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 51.7 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 50.7 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 50.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 49.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 48.7 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 47.0 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 44.7 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 44.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 44.0 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 43.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 42.7 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 42.2 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 42.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 38.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 38.7 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 38.5 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 37.7 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 36.4 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 35.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 35.1 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 35.0 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 34.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 33.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 32.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 30.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 27.6 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 27.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 27.3 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 26.3 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 26.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 25.4 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 25.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 22.9 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 22.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 22.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 19.9 |
| More is better |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
| High Preset, 1920x1080, 8xAA, Ultra | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 145.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 136.5 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 136.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 135.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 134.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 134.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 134.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 134.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 133.5 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 133.3 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 133.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 132.2 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 132.0 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 131.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 131.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 127.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 126.2 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 123.4 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 123.1 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 118.4 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 115.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 114.4 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 113.5 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 113.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 110.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 109.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 109.0 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 107.8 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 107.0 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 106.9 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 106.4 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 106.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 101.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 99.5 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 99.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 98.6 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 98.4 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 96.8 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 96.7 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 96.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 96.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 94.6 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 90.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 87.6 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 86.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 85.2 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 84.8 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 84.2 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 82.8 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 81.4 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 73.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 71.0 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 70.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 64.0 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 63.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 59.2 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 59.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 58.4 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 56.6 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 56.2 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 52.0 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 48.6 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 47.2 |
| More is better |
Metro: Last Light - Benchmark
| Very High, 1920x1080, SSAA, DX11 | Average FPS |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 56.80 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 55.19 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 54.83 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 52.06 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 48.14 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 47.61 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 47.38 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 46.58 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 45.19 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 44.49 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 44.00 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 43.39 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 43.36 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 43.24 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 42.94 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 42.91 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 42.90 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 42.81 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 39.94 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 38.86 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 38.18 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 36.15 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 35.28 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 34.15 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 33.97 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 33.78 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 33.61 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 33.55 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 33.41 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 32.53 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 30.98 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 30.56 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 28.45 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 28.37 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 28.30 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 27.65 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 27.30 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 27.28 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 27.28 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 27.21 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 25.09 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 24.96 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 24.18 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 23.97 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 23.46 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 23.25 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 22.80 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 22.69 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 21.93 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 21.58 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 20.84 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 19.76 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 18.81 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 18.09 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 17.99 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 17.83 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 17.05 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 15.22 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 14.94 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 13.83 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 13.33 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 12.37 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 11.11 |
| More is better |
Grand Theft Auto V
Power Consumption
| Power Consumption Idle* | Watts |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 92 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 80 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 69 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 68 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 68 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 67 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 66 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 65 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 64 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 63 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 61 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS P.) | 60 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 59 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 59 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 59 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 58 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 57 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 57 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 57 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 57 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 56 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 (Ref) | 56 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 55 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 55 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 54 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 54 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 54 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 (Ref) | 53 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 (ASUS DC2OC) | 53 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 53 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (ASUS DC2OC) | 53 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 52 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 52 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 52 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (Ref) | 51 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 50 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 50 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 49 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 49 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 48 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 48 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 48 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 48 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 48 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti (GBT GHz) | 48 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 48 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB) | 47 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 47 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 46 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 46 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 46 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 45 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (ASUS DC2T) | 45 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 (ASUS DC2OC - Ref PCB) | 45 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 45 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 43 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 43 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 41 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 39 |
| *Entire system | Less is better |
| Power Consumption Load (FurMark)* | Watts |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 481 |
| PowerColor LCS R9 290X | 425 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 421 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 420 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 420 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 401 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti GHz | 383 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 382 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 380 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 373 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 363 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 361 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 361 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS P.) | 360 |
| MSI Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 358 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 347 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti (GBT GHz) | 333 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Direct CU II Top | 331 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB) | 323 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 OC Edition | 321 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 306 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 297 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 297 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 294 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 292 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 281 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (Ref) | 258 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (ASUS DC2OC) | 257 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 257 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 255 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 254 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 252 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 244 |
| MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX | 241 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 (Ref) | 232 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 227 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 224 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 223 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 220 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 218 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 211 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 208 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 205 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 204 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 200 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 197 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (ASUS DC2T) | 195 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 (ASUS DC2OC) | 194 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 (Ref) | 193 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 192 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 192 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 178 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 177 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 169 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 (ASUS DC2OC - Ref PCB) | 152 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 151 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 132 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 130 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 130 |
| *Entire system | Less is better |
Temperatures / Noise levels
Fan Speed
| Auto | Auto | 50% | 70% | 100% |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 0 | 1'700 | 2'550 | 3'650 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 1'080 | 1'710 | 2'370 | 3'420 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 1'050 | 1'500 | 2'100 | 2'970 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 1'080 | 1'620 | 2'340 | 3'180 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 1'250 | 2'060 | 2'950 | 4'240 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 1'129 | 1'493 | 2'078 | 3'023 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 1'040 | 1'910 | 2'650 | 3'770 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 0 | 1'450 | 2'350 | 3'150 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 1'072 | 1'500 | 2'100 | 3'000 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 980 | 1'490 | 2'080 | 3'000 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 0 | 1'450 | 2'100 | 2'870 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 1'230 | 1'890 | 2'640 | 3'930 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Platinum | 1'100 | 2'180 | 2'780 | 3'000 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 1'050 | 2'320 | 3'000 | 3'300 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 1'180 | 2'250 | 2'920 | 3'360 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top | 1'020 | 1'860 | 2'620 | 3'000 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 1'050 | 2'090 | 2'900 | 3'200 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 1'025 | 1'805 | 2'575 | 3'040 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 1'050 | 1'930 | 2'680 | 3'040 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 1'035 | 1'875 | 2'630 | 3'000 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 1'300 | 2'540 | 3'020 | 3'760 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 1'118 | 2'400 | 3'100 | 3'750 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 1'230 | 1'690 | 2'010 | 2'850 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 1'566 | 2'290 | 3'000 | 3'550 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 900 | 2'250 | 3'060 | 4'500 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 780 | 2'180 | 3'100 | 4'380 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 780 | 2'180 | 3'100 | 4'380 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 1'035 | 2'070 | 2'900 | 4'160 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 900 | 1'380 | 1'920 | 2'760 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 1'140 | 1'500 | 2'050 | 3'000 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 1'040 | 1'450 | 2'000 | 2'900 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 700 | 1'440 | 2'000 | 2'820 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 1'035 | 2'045 | 2'470 | 3'040 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 995 | 2'000 | 2'740 | 3'520 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS |
Watercooled |
|||
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 1'388 | 2'510 | 3'390 | 3'960 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 980 | 2'620 | 3'925 | 5'275 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 1'250 | 2'060 | n/A | 4'240 |
| Less is better | ||||
Noise Level
| Auto | Auto | 50% | 70% | 100% |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 0.0 (2D) | 32.5 | 37.8 | 44.3 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 32.0 | 32.6 | 45.1 | 49.8 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 32.7 | 37.0 | 42.8 | 53.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 32.0 | 36.9 | 45.8 | 51.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 33.2 | 39.8 | 48.4 | 56.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 33.2 | 37.1 | 43.0 | 51.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 32.0 | 36.6 | 42.7 | 51.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 0.0 (2D) | 37.6 | 46.6 | 53.5 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 33.2 | 39.6 | 48.5 | 55.9 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 32.8 | 37.2 | 43.0 | 53.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 0.0 (2D) | 37.5 | 44.5 | 51.7 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 33.1 | 37.1 | 45.1 | 53.9 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Platinum | 34.1 | 40.7 | 49.4 | 51.9 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 33.2 | 36.9 | 43.8 | 47.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 33.4 | 37.2 | 44.5 | 48.1 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top | 33.4 | 36.3 | 50.5 | 54.0 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 33.5 | 37.1 | 43.3 | 49.5 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 32.9 | 41.6 | 49.2 | 52.5 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 33.0 | 41.8 | 49.5 | 52.5 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 33.0 | 41.2 | 49.6 | 52.7 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 32.0 | 45.0 | 48.1 | 53.1 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 32.8 | 44.9 | 47.4 | 53.1 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 34.0 | 37.2 | 43.4 | 52.3 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 32.0 | 33.4 | 42.8 | 49.9 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 32.0 | 37.5 | 44.5 | 52.1 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 32.0 | 37.1 | 44.4 | 52.3 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 32.0 | 37.1 | 44.4 | 52.3 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 32.0 | 36.8 | 43.5 | 51.7 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 32.0 | 34.4 | 40.4 | 50.2 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 32.0 | 34.8 | 40.7 | 51.0 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 32.0 | 34.3 | 40.2 | 50.0 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 32.0 | 34.6 | 40.1 | 49.8 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 32.0 | 36.6 | 44.0 | 49.0 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 32.3 | 34.0 | 43.3 | 49.5 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS |
Watercooled |
|||
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 33.5 | 41.5 | 44.8 | 49.9 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 33.6 | 48.7 | 58.2 | 64.9 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 33.2 | 39.8 | n/A | 56.2 |
| Less is better | ||||
For the noise level results, we measured the noise level using a decibel meter (Voltcraft SL-200) located at 1 meter away from the graphics card.
Idle Temperature
| Temperature | Auto | 50% | 70% | 100% |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 38 | 33 | 30 | 28 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 34 | 34 | 33 | 29 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 53 | 40 | 38 | 32 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 37 | 37 | 36 | 34 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 52 | 38 | 35 | 32 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Platinum | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 33 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II TOP | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 38 | 36 | 35 | 34 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 37 | 36 | 36 | 35 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 32 | 31 | 30 | 28 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 30 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 34 | 31 | 30 | 28 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 27 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 |
| PowerColor Radeon R9 290X LCS |
29 |
|||
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 36 | 32 | 33 | 31 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 44 | 40 | 38 | 35 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 32 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
| Less is better | ||||
Idle, temperature is taken after 15 minutes @ lowest, 40 %, 50 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature under Furmark
| Temperature | Auto | 50% | 70% | 100% |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 58 | 49 | 48 | 47 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 81 | 80 | 68 | 59 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 73 | 73 | 73 | 72 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 80 | 74 | 62 | 57 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | n/A | 81 | 75 | 66 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 83 | 71 | 63 | 56 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 77 | 77 | 72 | 68 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 90 | 81 | 72 | 62 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 90 | 85 | 73 | 65 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 70 | 66 | 59 | 54 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 69 | 61 | 56 | 49 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 67 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Platinum | 76 | 70 | 69 | 69 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 87 | 69 | 64 | 62 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 90 | 70 | 64 | 63 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top | 90 | 71 | 64 | 63 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 77 | 73 | 71 | 70 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 90 | 87 | 81 | 77 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 89 | 90 | 85 | 81 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 88 | 85 | 82 | 78 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 75 | 63 | 59 | 53 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 69 | 63 | 64 | 57 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 77 | 70 | 66 | 59 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti Black Edition | 52 | 49 | 47 | 44 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 81 | 65 | 58 | 55 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 90 | 80 | 73 | 58 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 90 | 83 | 75 | 63 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 72 | 79 | 75 | 68 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 69 | 59 | 53 | 49 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 63 | 55 | 50 | 46 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 56 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 90 | 79 | 70 | 64 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 80 | 77 | 72 | 69 |
| PowerColor R9 290X LCS |
46 |
|||
| PowerColor R9 280X TurboDuo OC | n/A | n/A | 74 | 68 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 76 | 75 | 69 | 66 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 94 | 85 | 74 | 67 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 90 | 83 | 76 | 68 |
| Less is better | ||||
For FurMark, temperature is taken after 15 minutes of GPU Burn test at lowest, 40 %, 50 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed.
We stopped the test when the GPU temperature hit 90°C.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature and fan speed under BattleField 3
| Auto | Temperature |
| PowerColor R9 290X LCS (watercooled) | 39 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750Ti Black Edition | 40 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti STRIX OC Edition | 55 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 58 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming R9 280X OC Edition | 60 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 61 |
| Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalQueen | 63 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 770 Lightning | 61 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum | 62 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX OC Edition | 62 |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 760 SuperClocked ACX | 62 |
| Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X TRI-X OC Boost | 62 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC | 63 |
| MSI GeForce GTX 760 HAWK | 64 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP | 64 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC | 64 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC 4GB | 65 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti Matrix Platinum | 66 |
| ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Platinum | 66 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 66 |
| Club3D Radeon R9 270 royalQueen | 66 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 67 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 68 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC | 68 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X Matrix Platinum | 68 |
| ASUS GeForceGTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 69 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 69 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II Top | 69 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Ti DirectCU II OC | 70 |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK | 70 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 70 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 71 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X Platinum | 72 |
| PowerColor R9 280X TurboDuo OC | 73 |
| ASUS ROG MARS 760 | 77 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 | 79 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC | 79 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 79 |
| Sapphire Radeon R9 290 | 80 |
| Less is better |
For BattleField 3, temperature and fan speed values taken are the highest achieved after 1 hour gaming @ auto fan speed.
Performance/Watt
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Power C. (Watts)* | Performance/Watt*10 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 93.36 | 252 | 3.57 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 53.55 | 178 | 3.01 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 85.05 | 306 | 2.78 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 70.92 | 257 | 2.76 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 62.00 | 227 | 2.73 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 109.01 | 366 | 2.73 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 81.66 | 302 | 2.70 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 47.37 | 177 | 2.68 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 68.36 | 258 | 2.65 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 56.63 | 218 | 2.60 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 89.69 | 360 | 2.49 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 92.84 | 374 | 2.48 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 40.87 | 169 | 2.42 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 53.39 | 223 | 2.39 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 50.03 | 220 | 2.27 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 42.04 | 195 | 2.16 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 32.75 | 152 | 2.15 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 68.40 | 320 | 2.14 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 30.8 | 151 | 2.04 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 50.49 | 254 | 1.99 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 63.41 | 323 | 1.96 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 69.99 | 360 | 1.94 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 36.83 | 208 | 1.77 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 41.32 | 244 | 1.69 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 31.88 | 200 | 1.59 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 30.05 | 193 | 1.56 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 35.98 | 232 | 1.55 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 73.96 | 481 | 1.54 |
| *Entire system | More is better | Less is better | More is better |
The "Performance Index" value is calculated as the sum of all benchmarks results divided by the amount of games (3DMark and Unigine are not included into the calculation).
Performance/Price
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Price (€)* | Performance/€*10 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 40.87 | 108 | 3.78 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 50.03 | 140 | 3.57 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 32.75 | 95 | 3.45 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 47.37 | 143 | 3.31 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 40.04 | 121 | 3.31 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 53.39 | 160 | 3.34 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 30.80 | 100 | 3.11 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 62.00 | 204 | 3.04 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX | 93.36 | 299 | 3.12 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 53.55 | 176 | 2.91 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 56.63 | 199 | 2.85 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 68.40 | 240 | 2.85 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 63.41 | 229 | 2.77 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 69.99 | 254 | 2.76 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 70.92 | 258 | 2.75 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 31.88 | 124 | 2.57 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 68.36 | 283 | 2.42 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 50.49 | 221 | 2.28 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 89.69 | 437 | 2.05 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 81.66 | 411 | 1.99 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming | 109.01 | 549 | 1.82 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 36.83 | 204 | 1.81 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 35.98 | 246 | 1.46 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 30.05 | 221 | 1.36 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 41.32 | 310 | 1.33 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 73.96 | 657 | 1.13 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 85.05 | 821 | 1.04 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 92.84 | TBC | TBC |
| * 05/11/2013 | More is better | Less is better | More is better |
For the price we took the lowest price available on geizhals.eu.
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| We were quite impressed with the new Gigabyte GTX
980 G1 Gaming as it did really good in our tests, had a decent factory
overclock and features a really good custom Windforce 3X 600W triple fan cooler.
The manufacturing quality is also very good and the backplate is definitely
a must when you are looking at a premium graphics card. Apart from that,
the GTX 980 appears to really like clock frequency, meaning we were
really surprise to able to overclock this card all the way up to 1'563
MHz! Keeping in mind that the reference boost clock is set to 1'216 MHz
this means there is still a lot of headroom and overclocking these
cards, even aircooled is a lot of fun and you can squeeze a really
decent boost of your card. The only thing we would like to see improved with this particular card is in regard to the bundle. We'd love to find a few additional goodies, since after all this is a premium card. |
- Performance - Factory Overclocking - Cooling - Design |
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Bundle - Noise level under load |
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| Cooling / Noise Level | + | - | |
| As noted earlier, the Windforce 3X 600W triple-fan
is a capable cooler and it definitely runs circles around any reference
solution. Compared to other custom cooler available these days it can
keep up, but we would love to see the fans spin a slightly lower RPM,
since the GM204 Mawell GPU is not burning away too much power. As far as the noise levels go, the GTX 980 G1 Gaming is very silent in idle but definitely not the most silent card when it comes to noise levels under full loading conditions. |
- Very silent 2D | - Could be quieter under full load | |
| Performance | + | - | |
| The performance is where the GTX 980 G1 Gaming
really shines. It is quite impressive and it actually manages to beat
the reference GTX 780 Ti by almost 25 percent. Quite a substantial part
of the performance story is related to the great factory overclocking,
since the boost clock of this card is 13 percent higher than what you
would get with a reference GTX 980. Compared to a reference GTX 780 Ti
boost clocks are simply on the moon, which explains the massive increase
in performance. The power consumption of the Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming is surprisingly high. In idle we noticed that the power consumption of our entire test setup is at 66W. Under load, the new GTX 980 G1 Gaming pulls 366 Watt, which is acutally quite something. |
- Performance | ||
| Recommendation / Price | + | - | |
| This Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming is most certainly going to be amongst the fastest Maxwell based cards. Thanks to a great big factory overclocking Gigabyte is boosting the performance. Apart from that the Windforce 3X 600W cooler is doing a good job. The MSRP of the GTX 980 in general is 549 US-Dollar, which means that the price per FPS is actually rather high. Unfortunately this is always the case when a new generation of graphics cards is being launched. We're quite sure prices are going to drop by quite a bit during the upcoming weeks. |
- Gaming - Overclocking - Enthusiast |
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| We gave the GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming from Gigabyte 4.5 out of 5 stars. | |||
