GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce and the EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and has 2816 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2816 Shader 2304
96 Render Output Units 64
176 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 346 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.2 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
346 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce clocks in the base with up to 1.241 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED is 1.410 GHz.

1.241 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.342 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED has a TDP of 175 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 175 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce has a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) fans.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 120 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce is 269 mm long, 121 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED is 302 mm long, 137 mm high and -- wide.

269 mm Length 302 mm
121 mm Height 137 mm
43 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce was released in Q4/2015 at a price of 649 $ (Reference).

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 FTW3 ULTRA OVERCLOCKED was introduced in Q4/2018 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

GV-N98TXTREME W-6GD Part-no 08G-P4-2277-KR
Q4/2015 Release date Q4/2018
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 12 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)

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)

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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