ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition
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MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition has 5888 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.64 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 31.09 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.28 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.24 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ada Lovelace architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition GPU MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
AD104-250-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Ada Lovelace Architecture Maxwell 2.0
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
5888 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
184 Texture Units 128
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.313 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.313 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
21.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
504 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition has a turbo clock of 2.640 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC is 1.279 GHz.

1.920 GHz Base Clock 1.178 GHz
2.640 GHz Boost Clock 1.279 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition has 1 x 16-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

200 W (Reference) TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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 ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition is 63 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC is 63 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

338 mm Length 277 mm
150 mm Height 135 mm
63 mm Width 37 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 826 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition was released in Q2/2023.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC published in Q3/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

-- Part-no V317-034R
Q2/2023 Release date Q3/2015
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 479 $
5 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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