GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which features a clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 2816 SPUs, 176 TAUs, and 96 ROPs.

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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 GTX 1070		18174 points
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		17120 points
	Difference: 1054 (6%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1070		436 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		425 Sol/s
	Difference: 11 (3%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 73856 (28%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is a small bit (more or less 3%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 980 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4720 (3%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is the winner, but not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 384 (0%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.