In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 26 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, which has 1920 shaders and 15 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
256 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Base Clock
1.152 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.253 GHz
1.683 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.24 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE clocks in the base with up to 1.152 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 1.506 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
TDP
165 W
150 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has a TDP of 150 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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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 LE.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Length
279 mm
267 mm
Height
140 mm
111 mm
Width
36 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
936 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G LE is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 36 mm wide.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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