Gainward GeForce GTX 970
vs
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 and the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and has 1664 texture shaders and 13 execution units.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which has 2816 shaders and 22 execution units.
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 GPU ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1664 Shader 2816
56 Render Output Units 96
104 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 347 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.805 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.2 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 347 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 clocks in the base with up to 1.051 GHz. The base frequency of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme is 1.253 GHz.

1.051 GHz Base Clock 1.253 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 1.355 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

145 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 Gainward GeForce GTX 970.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme is 4096x2160 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
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 No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 No

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 is 247 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme is 328 mm long, 133 mm high and -- wide.

247 mm Length 328 mm
112 mm Height 133 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 was released in Q3/2014 at a price of 299 $.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme was introduced in Q2/2015 at a price of 799 $.

426018336-3354 Part-no ZT-90505-10P
Q3/2014 Release date Q2/2015
299 $ Launch Price 799 $
28 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

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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