GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G has 6144 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.77 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 21.75 TFLOPS.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.33 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.44 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 48 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G GPU PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GA104-400-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
6144 Shader 2048
96 Render Output Units 64
192 Texture Units 128
48 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.188 GHz clocks.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.800GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.800 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.2 Gbps
608 GB/s Memory bandwidth 230 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G has a turbo clock of 1.770 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is 1.329 GHz.

1.580 GHz Base Clock 1.228 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.329 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G 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 93 °C.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

290 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

283 mm Length 280 mm
115 mm Height 115 mm
50 mm Width 52 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G was released in Q2/2021.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 published in Q1/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

GV-N307TEAGLE-8GD Part-no K2980GTXPE4GEPB
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2015
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 549 $
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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G
8 GB GDDR6X
110 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G
8 GB GDDR6X
145 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti EAGLE 8G
8 GB GDDR6X
195 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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