GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 is based on the graphics chip TU104, which comes from the Turing architecture.
GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1664 Shader 2944
56 Render Output Units 64
104 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.126 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.266 GHz Boost Clock 1.730 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 215 W.

145 W TDP 215 W
-- TDP (up) 250 W
98 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 34 dB
-- Noise (Load) 42 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC 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 2080 is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

271 mm Length 268 mm
124 mm Height 114 mm
41 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EXOC has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q3/2014.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 came on the market in Q3/2018 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

97NQH6DNB4UX Part-no DUAL-RTX2080-8G
Q3/2014 Release date Q3/2018
329 $ Launch Price 749 $
28 nm Structure size 12 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
67 fps (avg)

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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
117 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
164 fps (avg)

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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