GeForce GTX 1070 Vs 980 Ti [in 13 Benchmarks] - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	185	178
Place by popularity	35	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	20.65	12.40
Power efficiency	16.54	10.06
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GP104	GM200
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	10 June 2016 (9 years ago)	2 June 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

GTX 1070 has 67% better value for money than GTX 980 Ti.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1920	2816
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	1075 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	202.0	189.4
Floating-point processing power	6.463 TFLOPS	6.06 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	96
TMUs	120	176
L1 Cache	720 KB	1 MB
L2 Cache	2 MB	3 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	336.5 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support	+	4 displays
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
G-SYNC support	+	+
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	-	+
GeForce ShadowPlay	-	+
GPU Boost	3.0	2.0
GameWorks	-	+
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.8
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.4
CUDA	+	+