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GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce RTX 3070

GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce RTX 3070: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

GeForce GTX 980

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB PCI-E HDMI DVI Grafikkarte

Buy for €798 on Amazon

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for €535.68 on Amazon

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GeForce GTX 980

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB PCI-E HDMI DVI Grafikkarte

Buy for €798 on Amazon

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for €535.68 on Amazon

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $549

Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB PCI-E HDMI DVI Grafikkarte

Zotac ZT-90201 – 10P NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB Grafikkarte (Aktiv, ATX, NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 970, GDDR5, PCI Express x16 3.0)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $499

ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING OC 8GB V2 LHR Grafikkarte

EZDIY-FAB Sleeved Kabel RTX 3000 Serie 12 Pin auf Dual 8 Pin PSU Kabelverlängerung 300 MM-Stecker für NVIDIA Ampere GEFORCE RTX 3060ti 3070 3080 FE Funder Edition-Schwarz

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Eagle 8GB V2 LHR Grafikkarte

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Grafikkarte, 8 GB, GDDR6, PCI Express 4.0, dunkles Platin/Schwarz

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3070 is 2174 days newer than GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980

Consumes up to 25% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 165 vs 220 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070

Performs up to 81% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than GeForce GTX 980 - 132 vs 73 FPS
Up to 63% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than GeForce GTX 980 - €4.06 vs €10.93 per FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 8 vs 4 GB

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Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

FPS

73

55%

Value, €/FPS

€10.93/FPS

37%

Price, €

€798

67%

Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB PCI-E HDMI DVI Grafikkarte

Buy for €798 on Amazon

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GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

FPS

132

100%

Value, €/FPS

€4.06/FPS

100%

Price, €

€535.68

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 V2 8GB OC Edition Gaming Grafikkarte (Lite Hash Rate (LHR), GDDR6 Speicher, PCIe 4.0, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3070-O8G-V2)

Buy for €535.68 on Amazon

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

377

FPS

452

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

68

FPS

140

FPS

Fortnite

Fortnite

611

FPS

794

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

387

FPS

395

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

95

FPS

136

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

47%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

49%

GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 980	vs	GeForce RTX 3070
Sep 19th, 2014	Release Date	Sep 1st, 2020
GeForce 900	Generation	GeForce 30
$549	MSRP	$499
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 12-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
224.4 GB/s	Bandwidth	448 GB/s
1127 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1500 MHz
1216 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1725 MHz
1753 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTX 980 or GeForce RTX 3070

With selected game settings

MINISFORUM NUCX I7 Gaming Mini PC Image

MINISFORUM NUCX I7 Gaming Mini PC

104 FPS

€9.12/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i7-11800H

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

€949

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MEDION ERAZER Engineer X10 High End Gaming Desktop PC

113 FPS

€15.92/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i7-12700

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

€1,799

In Stock

Acer Predator Orion 3000 (PO3-630) Gaming Windows 11 Home - Intel Core i7-11700F (Bis zu 4.90 GHz Turbo-Boost), 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1 TB SSD, M.2 PC Image

Acer Predator Orion 3000 (PO3-630) Gaming Windows 11 Home - Intel Core i7-11700F (Bis zu 4.90 GHz Turbo-Boost), 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1 TB SSD, M.2 PC

109 FPS

€8.61/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i7-11700F

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

€939

In Stock

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Lenovo Legion Tower 5 Gaming Desktop PC

107 FPS

€9.66/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Ryzen 7 5800

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

€1,033.19

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ERAZER Engineer X10 High End Gaming PC Image

ERAZER Engineer X10 High End Gaming PC

113 FPS

€13.62/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i7-12700

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

€1,539

In Stock

Lenovo Legion T5 Gen 7 – Gaming-PC (Intel Core i7-12700F, 1TB SSD, RAM 16 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070-8 GB, ohne Betriebssystem), Schwarz, spanische QWERTY-Tastatur PC Image

Lenovo Legion T5 Gen 7 – Gaming-PC (Intel Core i7-12700F, 1TB SSD, RAM 16 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070-8 GB, ohne Betriebssystem), Schwarz, spanische QWERTY-Tastatur PC

114 FPS

€17.86/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i7-12700F

16 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

€2,036.13

In Stock

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GameMachines Element Snow Edition - Gaming PC

114 FPS

€11.22/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Core i7-12700F

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€1,279

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OMEN GT12-1201ng Gaming Desktop PC

109 FPS

€12.5/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Ryzen 9 5900X

16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

€1,362.1

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GameMachines Element - RGB Gaming PC

110 FPS

€12.08/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Ryzen 7 5800X

16 GB, 1000 GB SSD

Buy on Amazon

€1,329

In Stock

OMEN Gaming PC Image

110 FPS

€18.17/FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

Ryzen 7 5800X

16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

€1,999

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€222.9

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€535.68

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€779.9

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€535.68

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€310.88

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€363.82

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€535.68

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€506

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€535.68

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€535.68

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€431.54

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€535.68

€286.9

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

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€921.9

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€535.68

€96.99

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

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€103

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

€140

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

GeForce RTX 4070

€629.9

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€535.68

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€1,199

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€535.68

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€1,269

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

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€561.8

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

GeForce RTX 4090

€3,289.99

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

€542

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

€43.9

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

€794.41

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

Radeon RX 6750 XT

€514.86

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

€489

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

€454

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

€747.81

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

€71.9

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

GeForce RTX 2060

€528.75

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

€1,879.99

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

€927.84

GeForce RTX 3070

€535.68

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

€563.7

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 3060

€292.02

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 3050

€222.9

GeForce GTX 980

€798

Radeon RX 7900 XT

€779.9

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 4060

€310.88

GeForce GTX 980

€798

Radeon RX 7600 XT

€363.82

GeForce GTX 980

€798

€245.14

GeForce GTX 980

€798

Radeon RX 7800 XT

€506

GeForce GTX 980

€798

Out of Stock

GeForce GTX 980

€798

Radeon RX 7700 XT

€431.54

GeForce GTX 980

€798

€286.9

GeForce GTX 980

€798

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

€921.9

GeForce GTX 980

€798

€96.99

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce GT 1030

€103

GeForce GTX 980

€798

€140

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 4070

€629.9

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

€1,199

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

€1,269

GeForce GTX 980

€798

Radeon RX 6600 XT

€561.8

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 4090

€3,289.99

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

€542

GeForce GTX 980

€798

€43.9

GeForce GTX 980

€798

€794.41

GeForce GTX 980

€798

Radeon RX 6750 XT

€514.86

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

€489

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

€454

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

€747.81

GeForce GTX 980

€798

€71.9

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 2060

€528.75

GeForce GTX 980

€798

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

€1,879.99