GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC and the Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC GPU Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip GA104-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
2048 Shader 5888
64 Render Output Units 96
128 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

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 GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC clocks in the base with up to 1.228 GHz. The base frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro is 1.500 GHz.

1.228 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.329 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro has a TDP of 220 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

165 W TDP 220 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 41 dB

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 GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC is 281 mm long, 124 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro is 294 mm long, 112 mm high and 60 mm wide.

281 mm Length 294 mm
124 mm Height 112 mm
41 mm Width 60 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC was released in Q3/2014 at a price of 549 $.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 549 $.

98NQH6DNC7VZ Part-no NE63070019P2-1041A
Q3/2014 Release date Q4/2020
549 $ Launch Price 549 $
28 nm Structure size 8 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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro
8 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro
8 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)

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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro
8 GB GDDR6
22 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro
8 GB GDDR6
98 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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro
8 GB GDDR6
78 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro
8 GB GDDR6
140 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro
8 GB GDDR6
186 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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