NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

114
Place in performance rating
28
56.16
Value for money (0-100)
44.17
Maxwell
Architecture
Pascal
GM204
Code name
Pascal GP104 SLI
Desktop
Type
Laptop
19 September 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
16 August 2016 (5 years ago)
$549
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$503 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$274
25.30
Value for money
90.36
GM204
GPU code name
Pascal GP104 SLI
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
4096
no data
Core clock speed
1443 MHz
1216 MHz
Boost Clock
1645 MHz
5,200 million
Transistor count
14400 Million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
165 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
144 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
no data
4,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
2048
CUDA cores
no data
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
1216 MHz
Boost clock speed
1645 MHz
5,200 million
Number of transistors
14400 Million
165 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
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2x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
no data
no data
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
+
500 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
7.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
224 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
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+
G-SYNC support
+
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data
+
VGA аnalog display support
no data
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is the additional functionality.

no data
VR Ready
+
no data
Multi Monitor
+
+
3D Vision
+
2.0
GPU Boost
+
+
CUDA
+
+
GeForce Experience
+
+
Surround
+
no data
Multi-Projection
+
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
+
Optimus
no data
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GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX 12_1
4.5
OpenGL
no data
1.1.126
Vulkan
+
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2x 8 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile

43.03% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($274 vs $503 (0.9x MSRP))

More pipelines (4096 vs 2048)

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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