ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (Ada Lovelace) and has 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

GPU

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G is based on the graphics chip AD104-400-A1, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip AD104-400-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
2816 Shader 7680
96 Render Output Units 80
176 Texture Units 240
0 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G is 21.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.313 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 504 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.000 GHz Base Clock 2.310 GHz
1.076 GHz Boost Clock 2.610 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 285 W (Reference).

250 W TDP 285 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 336 mm
111 mm Height 140 mm
38 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G came on the market in Q1/2023 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

ZT-90501-10P Part-no GV-N407TAERO-12GD
Q2/2015 Release date Q1/2023
699 $ Launch Price 799 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 5 nm
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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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
115 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
160 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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
88 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
142 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)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
125 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
200 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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