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 (87 benchmarks)
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
7.3 2017 • Action, Adventure, RPG Monolith Productions
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+23%)
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+21%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+32%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Project CARS 2
7.1 2017 • Racing Slightly Mad Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+14%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+20%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+21%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Frozenbyte
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+24%)
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+22%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+29%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chernobylite Complete Edition
8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation The Farm 51
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+16%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+26%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+69%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
Devil's Hunt
8.1 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Layopi Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+29%)
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+27%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+28%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
Beyond: Two Souls
7 2020 • Action, Adventure Quantic Dream
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (+2%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Wins!
Based on 87 benchmarks across 29 games
55
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
VS
+19.2%
65
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
1
Wins
55
Avg FPS
45
Min FPS
1%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5
81
Wins
65
Avg FPS
54
Min FPS
93%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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