NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 vs ATI FireGL V7600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and ATI FireGL V7600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

ATI FireGL V7600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
20x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 7.2 GTexel / s
8.5x more pipelines: 2048 vs 240
17.3x better floating-point performance: 4,981 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
18.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11128 vs 616
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 799 vs 488

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 6 November 2007
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 240
Floating-point performance	4,981 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11128 vs 616
PassMark - G2D Mark	799 vs 488

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7600

Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 127 Watt vs 165 Watt
228.6x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	127 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11128

616

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

799

488

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	ATI FireGL V7600
PassMark - G3D Mark	11128	616
PassMark - G2D Mark	799	488
Geekbench - OpenCL	33393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	477.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4330

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	ATI FireGL V7600
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	R600
Launch date	19 September 2014	6 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	$999
Place in performance rating	358	295
Price now	$605.06
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	21.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz
CUDA cores	2048
Floating-point performance	4,981 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2048	240
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	127 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	720 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	254 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
BatteryBoost
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Surround