The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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.
The NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is 35 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is based on the graphics chip GP104-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Memory Size
6 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
337 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Base Clock
1.000 GHz
1.607 GHz
Boost Clock
1.076 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
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
TDP
250 W
180 W
Tjunction max
91 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.
The NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Fan-Type
Radial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti.
The NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
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
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Length
267 mm
267 mm
Height
111 mm
111 mm
Width
38 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 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.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti +30.1 %
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.
FP32 (TFLOPS) NVIDIA iGame GeForce GTX 1070 Ti +35.1 %
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