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GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce RTX 4070

GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce RTX 4070: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4070

12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12GB Graphics Card - 12GB DDRX6 21Gbps, PCI-E 4.0, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD

Buy for £509 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 2 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 4070

12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12GB Graphics Card - 12GB DDRX6 21Gbps, PCI-E 4.0, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD

Buy for £509 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 2 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 4070 is 3127 days newer than GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980

  • Consumes up to 18% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 - 165 vs 200 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 4070

  • Performs up to 96% better in Elden Ring than GeForce GTX 980 - 112 vs 57 FPS
  • Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 12 vs 4 GB
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Elden Ring

Elden Ring

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

57

51%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo
GeForce RTX 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023


FPS

112

100%

Value, £/FPS

£4.54/FPS

100%

Price, £

£509

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12GB Graphics Card - 12GB DDRX6 21Gbps, PCI-E 4.0, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1a, NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ada Lovelace Arch, GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD

Buy for £509 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 2 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo
GeForce RTX 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

49%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

34%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo
GeForce RTX 4070

Desktop • Apr 12th, 2023


Pixel Fillrate

158.4 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

455.4 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

GeForce GTX 980

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Logo

GeForce RTX 4070

Sep 19th, 2014Release Date
GeForce 900GenerationGeForce 40
MSRP$599
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 16-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
GDDR5TypeGDDR6X
256-bitBus192-bit
224.4 GB/sBandwidth
1127 MHzBase Clock Speed
1216 MHzBoost Clock Speed
Memory Clock Speed1313 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTX 980 or GeForce RTX 4070

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