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.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR is 659 % faster than the EVGA GeForce GTX 970.
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.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size
10 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.188 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
19.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
760 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
320 bit
256 bit
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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.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
Base Clock
1.440 GHz
1.050 GHz
Boost Clock
1.710 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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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.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
TDP
320 W
145 W
TDP (up)
370 W
--
Tjunction max
93 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
41-42 dB
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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.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
1x DP 1.2
DVI
--
2
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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 RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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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.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode
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 RTX 3080 Phoenix V1 LHR
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
Length
294 mm
241 mm
Height
112 mm
111 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
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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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