The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.11 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.27 TFLOPS.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 470 is based on the Ellesmere architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X
AMD Radeon RX 470
Memory Size
6 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.650 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
6.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
337 GB/s
211 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
256 bit
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The AMD Radeon RX 470 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.650GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X
AMD Radeon RX 470
Base Clock
1.026 GHz
0.926 GHz
Boost Clock
1.114 GHz
1.206 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X has a turbo clock of 1.114 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 1.206 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X
AMD Radeon RX 470
TDP
250 W
120 W
Tjunction max
91 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X 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 AMD Radeon RX 470 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X
AMD Radeon RX 470
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X are cooled with a Air cooling.
The AMD Radeon RX 470 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X
AMD Radeon RX 470
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 1.4a
DVI
2
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X
AMD Radeon RX 470
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_0
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_0.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X
AMD Radeon RX 470
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X
AMD Radeon RX 470
Length
279 mm
240 mm
Height
116 mm
95 mm
Width
36 mm
35 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X is 36 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 36 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X +43.8 %
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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