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GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce GTX 970

GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce GTX 970: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10 GB GDDR6X | 320-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
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)

Buy for 1,147.47 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 171 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10 GB GDDR6X | 320-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
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)

Buy for 1,147.47 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 171 minutes ago

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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 RTX 3080

  • Performs up to 4700% better in Cyberpunk 2077 than GeForce GTX 970 - 48 vs 1 FPS
  • Up to 150% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 10 vs 4 GB

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

  • Consumes up to 54% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 148 vs 320 Watts
This is a free version of Cyberpunk 2077.
Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

RT Overdrive

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
GeForce RTX 3080

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

48

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€1147.47

100%

FPS Winner

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)

Buy for 1,147.47 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 171 minutes ago

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

1

2.083333333333333%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

RT Overdrive

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
GeForce RTX 3080

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
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 Logo
GeForce GTX 970

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

65.97 GPixel/s

40.17661388550549%

Texel Fillrate

122.5 GTexel/s

26.338421844764564%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Sep 1st, 2020
Release DateSep 19th, 2014
GeForce 30GenerationGeForce 900
$699MSRP
$329
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x 12-pinPower Connectors2x 6-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
10 GB
Memory4 GB
GDDR6XTypeGDDR5
320-bitBus256-bit
760.3 GB/s
Bandwidth224.4 GB/s
1440 MHz
Base Clock Speed1050 MHz
1710 MHz
Boost Clock Speed1178 MHz
1188 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1753 MHz

Builds Using GeForce RTX 3080 or GeForce GTX 970

Cyberpunk 2077, 1920 x 1080, RT Overdrive

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