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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms the cheaper GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce GTX 1080 is 616 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Up to 22% cheaper than GeForce GTX 1080 - $469.0 vs $598.0
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 - 148 vs 180 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
- Performs up to 36% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than GeForce GTX 970 - 72 vs 53 FPS
- Up to 6% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than GeForce GTX 970 - $8.31 vs $8.85 per FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …
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GeForce GTX 1080
Desktop • May 27th, 2016
FPS
72
100%
Value, $/FPS
$8.31/FPS
100%
Price, $
$598
78%
FPS and Value Winner
MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G)
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
GeForce GTX 1080
Desktop • May 27th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
59%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
44%
GeForce GTX 1080
Desktop • May 27th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
110.9 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
277.3 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | May 27th, 2016 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 10 |
$329 | MSRP | $599 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5X |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 320.3 GB/s |
| 1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1607 MHz |
| 1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1733 MHz |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1251 MHz |
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