In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED and the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED is 126 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
Memory
Memory
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.251 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
10.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
Base Clock
1.607 GHz
1.051 GHz
Boost Clock
1.733 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 is 1.051 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
TDP
180 W
145 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
2x DP 1.2
DVI
1
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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
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
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2
Length
267 mm
247 mm
Height
111 mm
112 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 V2 is 247 mm long, 112 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED +122.9 %
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) EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING LED +126.3 %
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