GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs GTX 980 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 Mobile with GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, including specs and performance data.

GTX 980 Mobile
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
18.56

RTX 3070 Ti outperforms GTX 980 Mobile by a whopping 183% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking26638
Place by popularitynot in top-10083
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.0652.74
Power efficiency7.3314.30
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM204GA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date21 September 2015 (9 years ago)31 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$395.82 $599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

RTX 3070 Ti has 177% better value for money than GTX 980 Mobile.

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 cores20486144
Core clock speed1064 MHz1575 MHz
Boost clock speed1216 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100-200 Watt290 Watt
Texture fill rate136.2339.8
Floating-point processing power4.358 TFLOPS21.75 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs128192
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
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 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 amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s608.3 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.21x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA+8.6
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 980 Mobile 18.56
RTX 3070 Ti 52.49
+183%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 980 Mobile 17201
RTX 3070 Ti 49760
+189%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 980 Mobile 39702
RTX 3070 Ti 120454
+203%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 980 Mobile 13047
RTX 3070 Ti 37663
+189%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 980 Mobile 76705
RTX 3070 Ti 208428
+172%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 980 Mobile 347481
RTX 3070 Ti 822127
+137%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

GTX 980 Mobile 107
RTX 3070 Ti 281
+163%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

GTX 980 Mobile 49
RTX 3070 Ti 102
+106%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

GTX 980 Mobile 6
RTX 3070 Ti 15
+144%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

GTX 980 Mobile 54
RTX 3070 Ti 137
+155%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

GTX 980 Mobile 35
RTX 3070 Ti 73
+109%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

GTX 980 Mobile 59
RTX 3070 Ti 193
+225%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

GTX 980 Mobile 7
RTX 3070 Ti 18
+151%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD99
−73.7%
172
+73.7%
1440p30−35
−213%
94
+213%
4K46
−28.3%
59
+28.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.00
−14.8%
3.48
+14.8%
1440p13.19
−107%
6.37
+107%
4K8.60
+18%
10.15
−18%
  • RTX 3070 Ti has 15% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 Ti has 107% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • GTX 980 Mobile has 18% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 50−55
−226%
170−180
+226%
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
−202%
350
+202%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−314%
178
+314%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 50−55
−226%
170−180
+226%
Battlefield 5 80−85
−95.2%
160−170
+95.2%
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
−191%
337
+191%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−228%
141
+228%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−201%
205
+201%
Fortnite 100−110
−143%
250−260
+143%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−166%
210−220
+166%
Forza Horizon 5 60−65
−228%
210
+228%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
−130%
170−180
+130%
Valorant 140−150
−109%
300−350
+109%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 50−55
−226%
170−180
+226%
Battlefield 5 80−85
−95.2%
160−170
+95.2%
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
−129%
266
+129%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 230−240
−17.3%
270−280
+17.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−188%
124
+188%
Dota 2 110−120
−122%
249
+122%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−188%
196
+188%
Fortnite 100−110
−143%
250−260
+143%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−166%
210−220
+166%
Forza Horizon 5 60−65
−206%
196
+206%
Grand Theft Auto V 84
−106%
173
+106%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−230%
145
+230%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
−130%
170−180
+130%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 84
−250%
294
+250%
Valorant 140−150
−109%
300−350
+109%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
−95.2%
160−170
+95.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−163%
113
+163%
Dota 2 110−120
−105%
230
+105%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−169%
183
+169%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−166%
210−220
+166%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
−130%
170−180
+130%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44
−227%
144
+227%
Valorant 140−150
−109%
300−350
+109%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 100−110
−143%
250−260
+143%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
−272%
160
+272%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 140−150
−184%
400−450
+184%
Grand Theft Auto V 35−40
−291%
137
+291%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−242%
89
+242%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
−1.7%
170−180
+1.7%
Valorant 180−190
−90.9%
350−400
+90.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
−142%
130−140
+142%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−284%
73
+284%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−226%
150
+226%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
−255%
180−190
+255%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−232%
113
+232%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 45−50
−221%
150−160
+221%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 16−18
−206%
45−50
+206%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
−147%
47
+147%
Grand Theft Auto V 60
−145%
147
+145%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−229%
56
+229%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30
−263%
109
+263%
Valorant 110−120
−172%
300−350
+172%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
−213%
95−100
+213%
Counter-Strike 2 18−20
−289%
70−75
+289%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−338%
35
+338%
Dota 2 65−70
−181%
194
+181%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−273%
82
+273%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−267%
130−140
+267%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−380%
95−100
+380%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 21−24
−276%
75−80
+276%

This is how GTX 980 Mobile and RTX 3070 Ti compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 Ti is 74% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 Ti is 213% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 Ti is 28% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3070 Ti is 380% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3070 Ti surpassed GTX 980 Mobile in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.56 52.49
Recency 21 September 2015 31 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 290 Watt

GTX 980 Mobile has 190% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Ti, on the other hand, has a 182.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 980 Mobile in performance tests.

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

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