The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2 has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Memory
Memory
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING
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 graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2 clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING
Base Clock
1.266 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.367 GHz
1.683 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
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING
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 V2 is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 90 mm
1 x 70 mm
Fan 2
2 x 80 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2 is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING
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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With the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING
Length
308 mm
267 mm
Height
129 mm
111 mm
Width
49 mm
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Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF V2 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 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.
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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