ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 346 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
2816 Shader 1920
96 Render Output Units 64
176 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition clocks at 1.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.2 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.800 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
7.2 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
346 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.266 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.367 GHz Boost Clock 1.683 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.

250 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

295 mm Length 267 mm
138 mm Height 111 mm
51 mm Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q4/2015.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

GOLD20TH-GTX980Ti-P-6G-GAMING Part-no --
Q4/2015 Release date Q2/2016
949 $ Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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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)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
92 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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