EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Black Gaming vs Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WaterForce

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EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Black Gaming
EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Black Gaming Image
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WaterForce
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WaterForce Image
EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Black Gaming
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WaterForce
Key Differences Key Differences EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Black Gaming Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WaterForce
GPU Base Clock Speed 1500MHz 1228MHz
GPU Boost Clock Speed 1725MHz 1329MHz
Pixel Rate 165.6 GPixel/s 78.6 GPixel/s
GPU Memory Speed 1750MHz 1753MHz
GPU Render Output Units (ROPs) 96 64
No. of Supported Displays 4 4
Performance Performance EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Black Gaming Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WaterForce
GPU Base Clock Speed 1500MHz 1228MHz
Pixel Rate 165.6 GPixel/s 78.6 GPixel/s
FLOPS (Floating-point Performance) 20.31 TFLOPS 5.03 TFLOPS
GPU Memory Speed 1750MHz 1753MHz
Texture Filter Rate 317.4 GTexels/s 157.2 GTexels/s
Total GPU Shading Units 5888 2048
Total GPU TMUs 184 128
GPU Boost Clock Speed 1725MHz 1329MHz
GPU Render Output Units (ROPs) 96 64
DPFP (Double Precision Floating Point) Support No No
Features Features EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Black Gaming Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WaterForce
DirectX Version Info 12 12
OpenGL Driver Version 4.6 4.5
OpenCL Driver Version 2 1.2
Multi-display Tech Support Yes Yes
3D Support Yes Yes
Ray Tracing Support Yes No
No. of Supported Displays 4 4
Ports Ports EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Black Gaming Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WaterForce
HDMI Output Support Yes Yes
GPU HDMI Version 2.1 Not Known
DisplayPort Output 3 3
No. of HDMI Ports 1 Not Known
DVI Output Ports 0 2
Mini DisplayPort Output 0 0
General info General info EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Black Gaming Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WaterForce
TDP (Thermal Design Point) No Data Found No Data Found
Transistor Count 17400 million 5200 million
Semiconductor Size 8nm 28nm
PCI Express Version 4 3
Dual-GPU Support No No
Air-water Cooling Support No No
Width Size 285.4mm 272mm
Height 111.2mm 113mm
Memory Memory EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 Black Gaming Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WaterForce
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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