MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce


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MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce

GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and has 1920 texture shaders and 15 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which has 2816 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Pascal Architecture Maxwell 2.0
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1920 Shader 2816
64 Render Output Units 96
120 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 346 GB/s.
8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.800 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.2 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 346 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce is 1.241 GHz.
1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.241 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 1.342 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
150 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce has 1 Axial (Radiator) fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial Fan-Type Axial (Radiator)
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce supports a maximum of 4 screens.
4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce is 4096x2160 pixels.
7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G is 175 mm long, 129 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce is 269 mm long, 121 mm high and 43 mm wide.
175 mm Length 269 mm
129 mm Height 121 mm
37 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
580 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce was introduced in Q4/2015 at a price of 649 $ (Reference).
-- Part-no GV-N98TXTREME W-6GD
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2015
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
16 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)

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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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR5
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR5
92 fps (avg)
View all Battlefield 5 benchmark results

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

View all Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal) benchmark results

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)

View all FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) benchmark results

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