GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.28 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.20 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has 1920 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.68 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 6.46 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 15 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
2816 Shader 1920
96 Render Output Units 64
176 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming has a turbo clock of 1.279 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 1.683 GHz.

1.190 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.279 GHz Boost Clock 1.683 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 91 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

250 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

296 mm Length 267 mm
120 mm Height 111 mm
39 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming was released in Q2/2015.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

GV-N98TG1 GAMING-6GD Part-no --
Q2/2015 Release date Q2/2016
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet 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)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8 GB GDDR5
92 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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