Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | GeForce GTX 970 Leadtek WinFast Hurricane 4GB Edition |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40% | 10% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 45% | 0% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 47% | 3% |
| FIFA 21 | 70% | 45% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 15% | 54% |
| Far Cry 6 | 13% | 59% |
| Genshin Impact | 40% | 10% |
| Hitman 3 | 22% | 43% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 42% | 6% |
| World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | 14% | 57% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti are significantly better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Leadtek WinFast Hurricane 4GB Edition.
The GTX 1080 Ti has a 404 MHz higher core clock speed and 120 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 970. This results in the GTX 1080 Ti providing 219.6 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 1080 Ti has a 404 MHz higher core clock speed and 32 more Render Output Units than the GTX 970. This results in the GTX 1080 Ti providing 69.9 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 1080 Ti was released over a year more recently than the GTX 970, and so the GTX 1080 Ti is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GTX 970.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The GTX 1080 Ti has 7168 MB more video memory than the GTX 970, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the GTX 1080 Ti also has superior memory performance overall.
The GTX 1080 Ti has 260 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 970, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 1080 Ti is massively better than the GTX 970.
The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has 3584 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 970 Leadtek WinFast Hurricane 4GB Edition has 1664. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 1080 Ti is 7654 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 970 is 2732. The GTX 1080 Ti having 4922 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 1080 Ti delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 970.
The GTX 1080 Ti transistor size technology is 12 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 970. This means that the GTX 1080 Ti is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 970.
The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti requires 220 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 970 Leadtek WinFast Hurricane 4GB Edition requires 150 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the GTX 1080 Ti and a PSU with at least 500 Watts for the GTX 970. The GTX 1080 Ti requires 70 Watts more than the GTX 970 to run. The difference is significant enough that the GTX 1080 Ti may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GTX 970.
| Core Speed | 1480 MHz |  | vs | 1076 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1582 MHz | | vs | 1216 MHz | |
| Architecture | Pascal P102 | Maxwell GM204-200-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | None | vs |
| Fair | |
| Driver Support | Great | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 05 Mar 2017 | | vs | 20 Oct 2014 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 10
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vs | 7.5
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| 3840x2160 | 7.9
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vs | 5.6
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| Memory | 11264 MB | | vs | 4096 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1376 MHz | vs | | 1753 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 352 Bit | | vs | 256 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 484.4GB/sec | | vs | 224.4GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 3072 KB | |
vs | 1792 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | yes | vs | yes | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 3584 | | vs | 1664 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 16nm | | vs | 28nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 224 | | vs | 104 | |
| Texture Rate | 331.5 GTexel/s | | vs | 111.9 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 88 | | vs | 56 | |
| Pixel Rate | 130.2 GPixel/s | | vs | 60.3 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | 5120x3200 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 2 | | vs | 1 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 220 Watts | vs | | 150 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | vs | | 500 Watts & 33 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | | 12.1 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | | 4.5 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-6900K 8-Core 3.2GHz | vs | | Intel Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | 2560x1440 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the top 1000 Series graphics card and considered an Enthusiast graphics card based on the Pascal architecture. Architecture The Pascal architecture aims for twice as much Performance as the Maxwell Architecture and introduces support for second gen HBM. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed P102-300-A1 which has 3584 Shader Processing Units, 224 TMUs and 88 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1480MHz and goes up to 1584MHz, in Boost mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 11.2GB frame buffer of second gen GDDR5X memory, through a 352-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1376MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 220W, it requires at least a 600W PSU with 2 power connectors, a 6-pin and an 8-pin connector. System Suggestions GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160. We recommend a High-End Processor and 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | Overview GeForce GTX 970 Leadtek WinFast Hurricane 4GB Edition is a special edition of NVIDIA's high-end GeForce GTX 970 4GB. Overclock Out of The Box The Central Unit now runs at 1076MHz, instead of 1051MHz. Boost Clock is now of 1216MHz, instead of 1178MHz. The Operating Memory was left untouched. Cooling Solution The reference NVIDIA Single-Fan Cooling System has been replaced by Leadteks's Hurricane Dual Fan Cooling Solution. This means the card runs cooler under load. Performance Benchmarks indicate a 3% performance over the reference GeForce GTX 970 4GB. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||