MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G and the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI), we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI) is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2048 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 64
128 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI) can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G clocks in the base with up to 1.216 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI) is 1.410 GHz.

1.216 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.317 GHz Boost Clock 1.725 GHz
1.29 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI) has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

165 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI) has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 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 MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI) supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI) is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 36 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI) is 235 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

279 mm Length 235 mm
140 mm Height 112 mm
36 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
936 g Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G was released in Q3/2014 at a price of 529 $.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phoenix GS (DVI) was introduced in Q4/2018 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

V317-008R Part-no 426018336-4252
Q3/2014 Release date Q4/2018
529 $ Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 12 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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