NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

nvidia

Brand

4GB GDDR5

Memory

1664

Cores

224.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 970

N/A Sep 2014 View Details

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nvidia

Brand

11GB GDDR6

Memory

4352

Cores

616 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

N/A Sep 2018 View Details

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

4GB GDDR5 148W N/A Sep 2014

GeForce GTX 970

$329 • Sep 2014

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

$999 • Sep 2018

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

11GB GDDR6 250W N/A Sep 2018

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Memory Size	4 GB	11 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
TDP	148 W	250 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1178 MHz	1545 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	224.4 GB/s	616 GB/s
Process Size	28nm	12nm
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Turing
Shading Units	1664	4352
RT Cores	N/A	68
TMUs	104	272
ROPs	56	88
Memory Bus	256-bit	352-bit
Memory Clock	1753 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	65.97 GPixel/s	136 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	224.4 GTexel/s	616 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	3.92 GFLOPS	13.45 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	2.00 MB	5.50 MB
Die Size	398 mm²	754 mm²
Transistors	5200 Million	18600 Million
Required PSU	300 W	600 W
Power Connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
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

3574

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

14203 (+297%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

28989

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

144745 (+399%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

46.8 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

165.2 FPS (+253%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

9637

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

21619 (+124%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Game Benchmarks Comparison (60 benchmarks)

Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince

7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie • Frozenbyte

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+295%)

AVG 237 FPS

MIN 208 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+305%)

AVG 154 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+350%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

Chernobylite Complete Edition Background

Chernobylite Complete Edition

8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation • The Farm 51

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+224%)

AVG 133 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+265%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+478%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

Winner

Loser

Devil's Hunt

8.1 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie • Layopi Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+246%)

AVG 173 FPS

MIN 116 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+238%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+300%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beyond Two Souls

7 2020 • Action, Adventure • Quantic Dream

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+54%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

Wolfenstein Youngblood

7.3 2019 • Action • Machine Games, Arkane Studios

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+466%)

AVG 232 FPS

MIN 182 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+461%)

AVG 174 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+538%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Sinking City

7 2021 • Action, Adventure • Frogwares

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+231%)

AVG 149 FPS

MIN 132 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+244%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (+275%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Wins!

Based on 60 benchmarks across 20 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 970

+219.3%

109

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti