The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 230 GB/s.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is based on the graphics chip GA104-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.800 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
7.2 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
230 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom clocks at 1.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.2 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Base Clock
1.203 GHz
1.500 GHz
Boost Clock
1.304 GHz
1.755 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.73 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
TDP
165 W
220 W
TDP (up)
--
250 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 220 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
43-45 dB
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
2x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
ASUS Aura Sync
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With the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
Length
274 mm
267 mm
Height
112 mm
135 mm
Width
--
52 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
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 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 +246.0 %
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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