GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G
vs
Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (Ampere) and has 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 936 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G has the GA102-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G GPU Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GA102-300-A1 GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
82 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
10496 Shader 1664
112 Render Output Units 56
328 Texture Units 104
82 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G clocks at 1.219 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.5 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

24 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.219 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
19.5 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
936 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.395 GHz Base Clock 1.152 GHz
1.950 GHz Boost Clock 1.304 GHz
1.70 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 350 W.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.

350 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 247 mm
111 mm Height 124 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 970 Phoenix came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 426018336-3521
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2015
1,589 $ Launch Price 329 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
-- 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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
74 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
90 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
130 fps (avg)

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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
48 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
92 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
150 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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
129 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
216 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
230 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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