NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
vs
INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Ada Lovelace) and has 16 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 717 GB/s.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black is based on the graphics chip AD103-300-A1, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GPU INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip AD103-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 76
1664 Shader 9728
56 Render Output Units 112
104 Texture Units 304
0 Raytracing Cores 76

Memory

The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black is 22.4 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.400 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.400 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 22.4 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 717 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.050 GHz Base Clock 2.205 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 2.565 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is powered by 2 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.

The INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 320 W (Reference).

145 W TDP 320 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black has 2 Axial (Radiator) main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial (Radiator)
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.

The INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Non addressable LED

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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 200 mm
111 mm Height 159 mm
40 mm Width 37 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q3/2014.

The INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no C4080B-166XX-18700006
Q3/2014 Release date Q4/2022
299 $ Launch Price 1,199 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 5 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)

INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black
16 GB GDDR6X
74 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black
16 GB GDDR6X
123 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black
16 GB GDDR6X
184 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)

INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black
16 GB GDDR6X
55 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black
16 GB GDDR6X
111 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black
16 GB GDDR6X
152 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)

INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black
16 GB GDDR6X
143 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black
16 GB GDDR6X
205 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 iCHILL Black
16 GB GDDR6X
205 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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