The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (Ada Lovelace) and has 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 504 GB/s.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G has the AD104-250-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture.
The PNY GeForce GTX 980 is based on the graphics chip GM204-400-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G
PNY GeForce GTX 980
Memory Size
12 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.313 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
21.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
504 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G clocks at 1.313 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 21.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the PNY GeForce GTX 980 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G
PNY GeForce GTX 980
Base Clock
1.920 GHz
1.126 GHz
Boost Clock
2.565 GHz
1.216 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G
PNY GeForce GTX 980
TDP
200 W
165 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 16-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G is powered by 1 x 16-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 200 W.
The PNY GeForce GTX 980 has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 165 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G
PNY GeForce GTX 980
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The PNY GeForce GTX 980 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G
PNY GeForce GTX 980
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1a
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G.
The PNY GeForce GTX 980 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G
PNY GeForce GTX 980
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion
No LED lighting
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With the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the PNY GeForce GTX 980 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G
PNY GeForce GTX 980
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G
PNY GeForce GTX 980
Length
300 mm
267 mm
Height
130 mm
111 mm
Width
58 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING OC 12G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The PNY GeForce GTX 980 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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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