EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC vs EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming

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EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC Image
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Image
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming
Key Differences Key Differences EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming
GPU Base Clock Speed 1515MHz 1050MHz
GPU Boost Clock Speed 1800MHz 1178MHz
Pixel Rate 115.2 GPixel/s 58.8 GPixel/s
GPU Memory Speed 1750MHz 1753MHz
GPU Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 56
No. of Supported Displays 4 4
Performance Performance EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming
GPU Base Clock Speed 1515MHz 1050MHz
Pixel Rate 115.2 GPixel/s 58.8 GPixel/s
FLOPS (Floating-point Performance) 10.6 TFLOPS 3.49 TFLOPS
Texture Filter Rate 331.2 GTexels/s 109.2 GTexels/s
GPU Memory Speed 1750MHz 1753MHz
Total GPU Shading Units 2944 1664
Total GPU TMUs 184 104
GPU Boost Clock Speed 1800MHz 1178MHz
GPU Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 56
DPFP (Double Precision Floating Point) Support No No
Features Features EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming
DirectX Version Info 12 12
OpenGL Driver Version 4.5 4.5
OpenCL Driver Version 1.2 1.2
Multi-display Tech Support Yes Yes
GPU Temperature Under Load 74°C Not Known
Idle GPU Temperature 30°C Not Known
3D Support Yes Yes
Noise Level Under Load 45dB Not Known
Idle Noise Level 40.3dB Not Known
Idle Power Consumption 53W Not Known
Multi-GPU Support Count 2 Not Known
No. of Supported Displays 4 4
Ray Tracing Support No No
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming
No. of USB Ports 1 No Data Found
USB Type-C Support Yes No Data Found
Ports Ports EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming
HDMI Output Support Yes Yes
GPU HDMI Version 2 Not Known
DisplayPort Output 3 1
No. of HDMI Ports 1 Not Known
DVI Output Ports 0 2
Mini DisplayPort Output 0 0
General info General info EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming
TDP (Thermal Design Point) No Data Found No Data Found
Transistor Count 13600 million 5200 million
Semiconductor Size 12nm 28nm
PCI Express Version 3 3
Dual-GPU Support No No
Air-water Cooling Support No No
Width Size 269.83mm 241.3mm
Height 111.15mm 111.1mm
Memory Memory EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Gaming
Effective Memory Clock 14000MHz 7012MHz
Max Memory Bandwidth 448GB/s 224.4GB/s
RAM 8GB 4GB
Memory Bus Interface Width 256bit 256bit
GDDR Memory Version 6 5
ECC (Error-Correcting Code) Memory Support No No

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