GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB vs GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking114not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.16no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLIGA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 September 2015 (9 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40966144
Core clock speed1126 MHz1575 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors10400 Million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Watt290 Watt
Texture fill rateno data339.8
Floating-point processing powerno data21.75 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data608.3 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 290 Watt

RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB has a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 13.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
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