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.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme is 95 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 970.
Gainward GeForce GTX 970ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme
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.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce GTX 970
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme
Memory Size
4 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.805 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.2 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
347 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
384 bit
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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.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce GTX 970
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme
Base Clock
1.051 GHz
1.253 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
1.355 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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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.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce GTX 970
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme
TDP
145 W
250 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
91 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce GTX 970
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
3 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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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.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce GTX 970
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x 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 Gainward GeForce GTX 970.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce GTX 970
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme
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 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.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce GTX 970
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
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
Gainward GeForce GTX 970
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme
Length
247 mm
328 mm
Height
112 mm
133 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti AMP! Extreme +82.1 %
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.
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