GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and GeForce GTX 970 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
19118
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GeForce GTX 970
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GP102
GM204
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
February 2017
September 2014
Bus support
-
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
600 Watt
500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
2x 6-pins
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1600 MHz
1178 MHz
Core clock speed
1481 MHz
1050 MHz
CUDA cores
-
1664
Floating-point performance
11,340 gflops
3,920 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
11,800 million
5,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
1664
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
145 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
91 °C
98 °C
Texture fill rate
354.4
109 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
11 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
352 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
11000 MHz
7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
484.4 GB/s
224 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support
+
4 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
+
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.4
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
Ansel
+
-
GameStream
-
+
GameWorks
-
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+
GPU Boost
3.0
2.0