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GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon RX 480 vs Radeon 780M

The values for the video cards below are determined from thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and are updated daily.

The first section will show basic information for each Video Card selected.
The first graph shows the G3D Mark values of each Videocard selected.
The second graph, if price data is available, will shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

	×GeForce GTX 970	×Radeon RX 480	×Radeon 780M	+ ADD
Price	$237.99¹	$339.99¹	Search Online
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16	NA²
GPU Class	Desktop	Desktop	Mobile
Core Clock	1050 MHz	1266 MHz	NA²
Memory Clock	1752.5 MHz	2000 MHz	NA²
Maximum Memory Supported	4096 MB	8192 MB	NA²
DirectX	12.0	12.0	NA²
OpenGL	4.5	4.5	NA²
Max TDP	145W	150W	NA²
First Seen on Chart	Q2 2014	Q2 2016	Q2 2023
# of Samples	32767	11768	3880
Average Results (% diff. to max in group)
DirectX 9	143 FPS	120 FPS (-15.7%)	83 FPS (-41.5%)
DirectX 10	46 FPS	44 FPS (-5.3%)	28 FPS (-39.6%)
DirectX 11	71 FPS	58 FPS (-18.0%)	67 FPS (-5.3%)
DirectX 12	41 FPS (-1.2%)	41 FPS	31 FPS (-25.8%)
GPU Compute	4083 Ops/Sec	3545 Ops/Sec (-13.2%)	3734 Ops/Sec (-8.5%)
G2D Rating	766 (-12.7%)	775 (-11.7%)	877
G3D Rating	9638	8585(-10.9%)	7015(-27.2%)

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G3D Mark Rating
As of 20th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
GeForce GTX 970		9,638
Radeon RX 480		8,585
Radeon 780M		7,015
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Value (G3D Mark / $Price)
As of 20th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
GeForce GTX 970		40.50
Radeon RX 480		25.25
Radeon 780M		NA
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