GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G and the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and has 5888 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which has 2816 shaders and 22 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AD104-250-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Ada Lovelace Architecture Maxwell 2.0
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
5888 Shader 2816
64 Render Output Units 96
184 Texture Units 176
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.313 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
21.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
504 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G clocks in the base with up to 1.920 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 1.190 GHz.

1.920 GHz Base Clock 1.190 GHz
2.475 GHz Boost Clock 1.291 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G is 200 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 16-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

200 W (Reference) TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air 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 RTX 4070 AERO 12G.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G is 300 mm long, 130 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

300 mm Length 267 mm
130 mm Height 111 mm
58 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G was released in Q3/2023 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ was introduced in Q4/2015 at a price of 699 $.

GV-N4070AERO-12GD Part-no 06G-P4-4996-KR
Q3/2023 Release date Q4/2015
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $
5 nm Structure size 28 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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
93 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G
12 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 4070 AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
124 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 4070 AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
98 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
172 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
200 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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