MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G has the GP104-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GP104-300-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Pascal Architecture Maxwell 2.0
199 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2432 Shader 2816
64 Render Output Units 96
152 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.190 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 1.291 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

180 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 TI AERO 8G is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

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

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G.

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

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

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

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No 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
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

269 mm Length 267 mm
111 mm Height 111 mm
35 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
824 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q4/2017.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ came on the market in Q4/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 06G-P4-4996-KR
Q4/2017 Release date Q4/2015
449 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $
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)

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 TI AERO 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G
8 GB GDDR5
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G
8 GB GDDR5
85 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI AERO 8G
8 GB GDDR5
111 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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