The GeForce GTX 970 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 2080 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's $351.40 more expensive!
Advantages of the GeForce GTX 970
- Consumes up to 31% less energy – 148 vs 215 Watts
Advantages of the GeForce RTX 2080
- At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
- Up to 98% cheaper – $8.06 vs $359.46
- A much better value for money for gaming
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 4 GB
GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 2080 for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
GeForce GTX 970
Sep 19th, 2014
Average FPS
65
57%
Min 1% FPS
32
49%
Price, €
€359.46
2%
Value, €/FPS
€5.53/FPS
1%
GeForce RTX 2080
Sep 20th, 2018
Average FPS
114
100%
Min 1% FPS
65
100%
Price, €
€8.06
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.07/FPS
100%
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€782.88
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GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 2080 in My Games
The FPS you'll get in saved games
The FPS you'll get in saved games
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Synthetic Benchmarks
The GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 2080 in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 2080 in core GPU performance specifications
GeForce GTX 970
Sep 19th, 2014
Memory
4 GB
50%
Memory Bandwidth
224.4 GB/s
50%
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
60%
Texture Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
39%
FP32
3.92 TFLOPS
39%
GeForce RTX 2080
Sep 20th, 2018
Memory
8 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
448 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
109.4 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
314.6 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
10.07 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
GeForce GTX 970 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | GeForce RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Sep 20th, 2018 |
$329.00 | MSRP | $699.00 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 20 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
148 W | Power Consumption | 215 W |
| Memory | ||
| 4 GB | Memory Size | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Memory Bus | 256-bit |
| 224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 448 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| 65.97 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 109.4 GPixel/s |
| 122.5 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 314.6 GTexel/s |
| 3.92 TFLOPS | FP32 | 10.07 TFLOPS |
