nvidia
Brand11GB GDDR5X
Memory3584
Cores484.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
11GB GDDR5X 250W $699 Mar 2017
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
$699 • Mar 2017
VS
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4GB GDDR5 148W $329 Sep 2014
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 11 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 250 W | 148 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1582 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 484.4 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 1664 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 224 | 104 |
| ROPs | 88 | 56 |
| Memory Bus | 352-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1376 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 139.2 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 484.4 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 11.34 GFLOPS | 3.92 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.75 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 471 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 11800 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
9688 (+171%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
74966 (+159%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
28989
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
118.7 FPS (+154%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
46.8 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
18594 (+93%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9637
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+100%)
AVG 242 FPS
MIN 219 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+119%)
AVG 212 FPS
MIN 186 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+192%)
AVG 146 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+31%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+108%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+168%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+182%)
AVG 169 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+187%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+155%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+149%)
AVG 182 FPS
MIN 168 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+180%)
AVG 126 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+176%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+180%)
AVG 221 FPS
MIN 204 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+193%)
AVG 132 FPS
MIN 120 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+143%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+168%)
AVG 166 FPS
MIN 127 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+171%)
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+169%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Wins!
Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games
101
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
+139.1%
42
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA • 11GB GDDR5X
243
Wins
101
Avg FPS
85
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
0
Wins
42
Avg FPS
35
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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