The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size
6 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
337 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
256 bit
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
Base Clock
1.000 GHz
1.050 GHz
Boost Clock
1.076 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti has a turbo clock of 1.076 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is 1.178 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
TDP
250 W
145 W
Tjunction max
91 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 91 °C.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti are cooled with a Air cooling.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
1x DP 1.2
DVI
1
2
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
Max. resolution
4096x2160
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
Length
267 mm
280 mm
Height
111 mm
140 mm
Width
40 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
Additional data
Additional data
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
GPU Interface
PCIe 3 x 16
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q3/2015
Q1/2015
Launch Price
739 $
329 $
Structure size
28 nm
28 nm
Part-no
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STRIX-GTX970-DC2-4GD5
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released in Q3/2015.
The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 published in Q1/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.
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 Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti +61.2 %
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 Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti +42.0 %
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) ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti +54.6 %
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