nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8GB GDDR5X 180W $599 May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
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 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 180 W | 148 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1733 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320.3 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 1664 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 104 |
| ROPs | 64 | 56 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1251 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 110.9 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320.3 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 8.873 GFLOPS | 3.92 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 7200 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 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
7282 (+104%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
63994 (+121%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
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)
89.1 FPS (+90%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
46.8 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
15572 (+62%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
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 (+60%)
AVG 193 FPS
MIN 175 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+61%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 142 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+114%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 99 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 (+31%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+93%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+94%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 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 (+115%)
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+113%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+95%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 34 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 (+101%)
AVG 147 FPS
MIN 132 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+100%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+110%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 40 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 (+87%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+89%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+67%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 33 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 (+108%)
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 102 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+104%)
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+100%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games
80
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
VS
+89.2%
42
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
243
Wins
80
Avg FPS
68
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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