GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Summary
GeForce RTX 3070
248%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3070 |
| 148% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3070
The GeForce RTX 3070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (17 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3070 | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA104 (GA104-300-A1) | vs | GM200 (GM200-310-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 392 mm² | vs | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 17,400 million | vs | 8,000 million |
| Shaders | 5888 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 46 | vs | 22 |
| Core clock | 1500 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 96 |
| TMUs | 184 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3070 | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3070 | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 220 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Sep 2020 | vs | 2 Jun 2015 |
GeForce RTX 3070
110.40 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
96.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3070
317.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3070
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
337.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3070
20310.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
167
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
55
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
120
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
83
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
106
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
42
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3070
161
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
66
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
228
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
95
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3070
186
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
76
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
139
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
39
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
117
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
62
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
84
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
33
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3070
122
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
45
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
168
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3070
140
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
61
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
83
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
32
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
76
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
52
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
21
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3070
64
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
23
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3070
98
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
40
FPS (higher is better)