MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.11 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.27 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC has 1920 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.75 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 6.70 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 15 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
2816 Shader 1920
96 Render Output Units 64
176 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC has a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE has a turbo clock of 1.114 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC is 1.746 GHz.

1.026 GHz Base Clock 1.556 GHz
1.114 GHz Boost Clock 1.746 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 91 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

250 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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 Ti Gaming LE is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

269 mm Length 279 mm
140 mm Height 140 mm
40 mm Width 37 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 832 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE was released in Q2/2016.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2016
649 $ Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 nm
-- 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 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
35 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
67 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5
95 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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