ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
vs
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC and the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and has 5888 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC GPU ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
5888 Shader 2048
96 Render Output Units 64
184 Texture Units 128
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC clocks in the base with up to 1.500 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is 1.317 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.317 GHz
1.800 GHz Boost Clock 1.431 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC is 220 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

220 W TDP 165 W
250 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
43-45 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
ASUS Aura Sync LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC is 267 mm long, 135 mm high and 52 mm wide.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is 297 mm long, 152 mm high and 41 mm wide.

267 mm Length 297 mm
135 mm Height 152 mm
52 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 659 $.

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition was introduced in Q1/2015 at a price of 749 $.

DUAL-RTX3070-O8G Part-no GOLD20TH-GTX980-P-4GD5
Q4/2020 Release date Q1/2015
659 $ Launch Price 749 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
23 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
194 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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