The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC is 38 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix.
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OCGainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix
The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix
Memory Size
8 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
337 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
384 bit
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The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix
Base Clock
1.410 GHz
1.000 GHz
Boost Clock
1.815 GHz
1.076 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 RTX 2070 OC
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix
TDP
175 W
250 W
Tjunction max
89 °C
91 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 175 W.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix 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 250 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
3 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
USB-C
1
--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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With the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
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 RTX 2070 OC
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix
Length
283 mm
292 mm
Height
139 mm
112 mm
Width
41 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Ti Phoenix needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 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.
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.
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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