The ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070 has the GA104-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC is based on the graphics chip GM204-400-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Base Clock
1.500 GHz
1.228 GHz
Boost Clock
1.755 GHz
1.329 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.73 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC
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 ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070 is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 220 W.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 165 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 80 mm
3 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
45-47 dB
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x 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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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC
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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Length
269 mm
281 mm
Height
112 mm
124 mm
Width
40 mm
41 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 3070 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
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 Turbo GeForce RTX 3070 +242.8 %
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.
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.
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.
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 Turbo GeForce RTX 3070 +279.8 %
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