ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
vs
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 and the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 GPU Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme
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 KO GeForce RTX 3070 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 230 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.800 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.2 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 230 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 clocks in the base with up to 1.500 GHz. The base frequency of the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme is 1.291 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.291 GHz
1.755 GHz Boost Clock 1.393 GHz
1.73 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme 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 KO GeForce RTX 3070 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 KO GeForce RTX 3070.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme 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 KO GeForce RTX 3070 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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 KO GeForce RTX 3070 is 275 mm long, 131 mm high and 54 mm wide.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme is 300 mm long, 141 mm high and -- wide.

275 mm Length 300 mm
131 mm Height 141 mm
54 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme was introduced in Q3/2014 at a price of 549 $.

KO-RTX3070-8G-GAMING Part-no ZT-90203-10P
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2014
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 549 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet 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)

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 KO GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
82 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 KO GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
22 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
100 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 KO GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
79 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
142 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
189 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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