The GeForce GTX 980 is the comparison's loser – it's a much slower gaming GPU than the GeForce GTX 1070 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's €598.01 more expensive!
Advantages of the GeForce GTX 980
The GeForce GTX 1070 is better in every way
Advantages of the GeForce GTX 1070
- A much faster GPU for gaming
- Up to 75% cheaper – €199.99 vs €798.00
- A much better value for money for gaming
- Consumes up to 9% less energy – 150 vs 165 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 4 GB
GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX 1070 for Gaming
The GPU's performance in selected game and settings
GeForce GTX 1070
Jun 10th, 2016
Average FPS
82
100%
Min 1% FPS
43
100%
Price, €
€199.99
100%
Value, €/FPS
€2.43/FPS
100%
GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX 1070 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 980 vs GeForce GTX 1070 in synthetic GPU benchmarks
Performance Specifications
The GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX 1070 in core GPU performance specifications
GeForce GTX 980
Sep 19th, 2014
Memory
4 GB
50%
Memory Bandwidth
224.4 GB/s
88%
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
72%
Texture Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
77%
FP32
4.981 TFLOPS
77%
GeForce GTX 1070
Jun 10th, 2016
Memory
8 GB
100%
Memory Bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
100%
Pixel Fillrate
107.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texture Fillrate
202 GTexel/s
100%
FP32
6.463 TFLOPS
100%
Specifications
Comparison of all specifications
GeForce GTX 980 | SpecificationsComparison of all specifications | GeForce GTX 1070 |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Jun 10th, 2016 |
| $549.00 | MSRP | $379.00 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 10 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 165 W | Power Consumption | 150 W |
| Memory | ||
| 4 GB | Memory Size | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Memory Bus | 256-bit |
| 224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256.3 GB/s |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| 77.82 GPixel/s | Pixel Fillrate | 107.7 GPixel/s |
| 155.6 GTexel/s | Texture Fillrate | 202 GTexel/s |
| 4.981 TFLOPS | FP32 | 6.463 TFLOPS |
