nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores336.6 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2432
Cores256.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6GB GDDR5 250W $649 Jun 2015
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
$649 • Jun 2015
VS
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
$399 • Nov 2017
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
8GB GDDR5 180W $399 Nov 2017
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 250 W | 180 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1076 MHz | 1683 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 336.6 GB/s | 256.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2816 | 2432 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 176 | 152 |
| ROPs | 96 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 103.3 GPixel/s | 107.7 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 336.6 GTexel/s | 256.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 6.06 GFLOPS | 8.186 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 3.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 601 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 8000 Million | 7200 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-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
6010
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6675 (+11%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
49950
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
57735 (+16%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
73.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
80.2 FPS (+9%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
13771
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
14690 (+7%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (165 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+3%)
AVG 186 FPS
MIN 169 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
AVG 181 FPS
MIN 165 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+2%)
AVG 150 FPS
MIN 137 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
AVG 147 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+31%)
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+0%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+0%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+18%)
AVG 111 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+17%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+30%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+32%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+18%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+23%)
AVG 138 FPS
MIN 124 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 101 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+25%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+28%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+15%)
AVG 139 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 114 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+14%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+3%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+27%)
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+26%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+23%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Wins!
Based on 162 benchmarks across 55 games
62
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
VS
+19.3%
74
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
3
Wins
62
Avg FPS
52
Min FPS
2%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5
152
Wins
74
Avg FPS
62
Min FPS
94%
Win Rate
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