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.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 is 262 % faster than the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme.
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme
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.
Memory
Memory
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.800 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.2 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
230 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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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.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme
Base Clock
1.500 GHz
1.291 GHz
Boost Clock
1.755 GHz
1.393 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.73 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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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.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme
TDP
220 W
165 W
TDP (up)
250 W
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Tjunction max
93 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
3 x 85 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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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.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
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1
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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.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
ASUS Aura Sync
No LED lighting
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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.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme
Length
275 mm
300 mm
Height
131 mm
141 mm
Width
54 mm
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Width (Slots)
3 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
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 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 +234.4 %
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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 ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 +250.1 %
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.
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