GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR and the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR and has 8704 texture shaders and 68 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR GPU MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GA102-202-K1-A1 GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
8704 Shader 1664
96 Render Output Units 56
272 Texture Units 104
68 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR has 10 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

10 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
760 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
320 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR clocks in the base with up to 1.440 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC is 1.102 GHz.

1.440 GHz Base Clock 1.102 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.241 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR is 320 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

320 W TDP 145 W
370 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 92 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR is 329 mm long, 130 mm high and 61 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC is 275 mm long, 125 mm high and 36 mm wide.

329 mm Length 275 mm
130 mm Height 125 mm
61 mm Width 36 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 SG (1-Click OC) LHR was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC was introduced in Q3/2014 at a price of 299 $.

38NWM3MD99RG Part-no --
Q2/2021 Release date Q3/2014
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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