GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, which has a core clock speed of 1350 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 352-bit bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It features 4352 SPUs, 272 TAUs, and 88 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		31381 points
GeForce GTX 970		10867 points
	Difference: 20514 (189%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (72%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti will be 182% quicker than the GeForce GTX 970 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		630784 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 406784 (182%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti should be a lot (approximately 236%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		367200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 258000 (236%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		118800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 51600 (77%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.