The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 has 1920 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.72 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 6.61 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 is 14 % faster than the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF.
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOFASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070
The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 15 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070
Base Clock
1.304 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.418 GHz
1.721 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.68 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF has a turbo clock of 1.418 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 is 1.721 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070
TDP
165 W
150 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 90 mm
2 x 90 mm
Fan 2
2 x 80 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF are cooled with a Air cooling.
The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
2x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070
Length
308 mm
240 mm
Height
129 mm
129 mm
Width
49 mm
42 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF is 49 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 is 49 mm and thus requires the space of 2 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.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 +38.9 %
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 ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 +25.3 %
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) ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1070 +13.8 %
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