The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom has 1664 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.30 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.34 TFLOPS.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+ has 10496 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.74 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 36.52 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+ is 741 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+ is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 82 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+
Memory Size
4 GB
24 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6X
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.219 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
19.5 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
936 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
384 bit
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+ has a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.219GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+
Base Clock
1.152 GHz
1.395 GHz
Boost Clock
1.304 GHz
1.740 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom has a turbo clock of 1.304 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+ is 1.740 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+
TDP
145 W
370 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
3 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+ is equipped with a 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 80 mm
3 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom are cooled with a Air cooling.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+ is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+ supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Addressable LED
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+ supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom
Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+
Length
247 mm
304 mm
Height
112 mm
138 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phantom is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3090 Phantom+ is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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