Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 970


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR and the EVGA GeForce GTX 970, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR and has 8704 texture shaders and 68 execution units.

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GA102-202-K1-A1 GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
8704 Shader 1664
96 Render Output Units 56
272 Texture Units 104
68 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR has 10 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

10 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
760 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
320 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR clocks in the base with up to 1.440 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is 1.050 GHz.

1.440 GHz Base Clock 1.050 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 1.178 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR is 320 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

320 W TDP 145 W
370 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
41-42 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 RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes 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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR is 294 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is 241 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

294 mm Length 241 mm
112 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 749 $.

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

NED3080019IA-132AX Part-no 04G-P4-1970-KR
Q2/2021 Release date Q3/2014
749 $ Launch Price 299 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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