MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G has 5888 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.85 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 21.72 TFLOPS.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.39 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.70 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
5888 Shader 2048
96 Render Output Units 64
184 Texture Units 128
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G has a turbo clock of 1.845 GHz. The turbo frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is 1.393 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.291 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.393 GHz
1.83 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G 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 93 °C.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

270 W TDP 165 W
280 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is cooled by a Water cooling.

Axial Fan-Type --
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
37-41 dB Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G is 61 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is 61 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

335 mm Length --
140 mm Height --
61 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1735 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G was released in Q4/2020.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper published in Q3/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

-- Part-no 04G-P4-2989-KR
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2014
699 $ Launch Price 749 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
8 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
8 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
8 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)

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 RTX 3070 Suprim 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
8 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
8 GB GDDR6
150 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Suprim 8G
8 GB GDDR6
199 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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