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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3080 is 2174 days newer than GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 148 vs 320 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- Performs up to 36% better in Far Cry 3 than GeForce GTX 970 - 200 vs 147 FPS
- Up to 150% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 10 vs 4 GB
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB V2 Gaming Grafikkarte (LHR (Lite Hash Rate), Nvidia Ampere, PCIe 4.0, DLSS, Raytracing, GDDR6X Speicher, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3080-10G-V2-GAMING)
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
GeForce RTX 3080
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
40.17661388550549%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
26.338421844764564%
GeForce RTX 3080
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
164.2 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
465.1 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2020 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 30 |
$329 | MSRP | $699 |
| 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 | 10 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6X |
| 256-bit | Bus | 320-bit |
| 224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 760.3 GB/s |
| 1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1440 MHz |
| 1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1710 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1188 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce GTX 970 or GeForce RTX 3080
Far Cry 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
169 FPS
€19.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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Core i7-12700KF
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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€11.83/FPS
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Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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€11.25/FPS
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Core i7-11700K
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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€14.5/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5900X
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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154 FPS
€12.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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€20.19/FPS
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Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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178 FPS
€11.71/FPS
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Core i9-12900K
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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€11.34/FPS
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Core i7-12700K
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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194 FPS
€10.93/FPS
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Core i7-13700KF
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