EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0)

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0), we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper	GPU	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GM204-400-A1	GPU Chip	TU106
Maxwell 2.0	Architecture	Turing
16	Streaming Multiprocessors	36
2048	Shader	2304
64	Render Output Units	64
128	Texture Units	144
0	Raytracing Cores	36

Memory The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
4 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
1.753 GHz	Memory Clock	1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	14.0 Gbps
224 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit

Clock Speeds The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper clocks in the base with up to 1.291 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) is 1.410 GHz.
1.291 GHz	Base Clock	1.410 GHz
1.393 GHz	Boost Clock	1.620 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) has a TDP of 175 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
165 W	TDP	175 W
--	TDP (up)	--
98 °C	Tjunction max	89 °C
2 x 6-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper has a total of 0 -- fans. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
--	Fan-Type	Axial
--	Fan 1	3 x 80 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Water cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
0 dB	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity 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 980 Hydro Copper. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) supports a maximum of 4 screens.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.2
1x HDMI v2.0	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.2	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4a
1	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	1

Featureset The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels. The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) is 7680x4320 pixels.
4096x2160	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
No	Raytracing	Yes
No	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
No	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	No
Decode	VP8	Decode
No	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is -- long, -- high and -- wide. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) is 280 mm long, 117 mm high and -- wide.
--	Length	280 mm
--	Height	117 mm
--	Width	--
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	--
PCIe 3 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper was released in Q3/2014 at a price of 749 $. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) was introduced in Q2/2020 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).
04G-P4-2989-KR	Part-no	GV-N2070WF3-8GC
Q3/2014	Release date	Q2/2020
749 $	Launch Price	499 $ (Reference)
28 nm	Structure size	12 nm
--	Documents	data sheet

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper
1.291 GHz, 4 GB (165 W TDP)

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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0)
1.410 GHz, 8 GB (175 W TDP)

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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


	EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper 4 GB GDDR5	1975
	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	4337

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	5327

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	1873

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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)


	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	54 fps (avg)

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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


	EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper 4 GB GDDR5	36676
	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	90143

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper 4 GB GDDR5	44205
	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	86141

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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)


	EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper 4 GB GDDR5	5.7
	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0) 8 GB GDDR6	7.46

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EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 8G (rev. 2.0)

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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