NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

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GeForce GTX 1070 Ti compared with GeForce GTX 980 Ti

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1070 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 980 Ti
Overview
Released
Released	November 2017	June 2015
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,432	2,816
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,683 MHz (better)	1,075 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA launch specifications with stock clocks verified in MSI's GTX 1070 Ti GAMING 8G datasheet. The photo shows this MSI partner board; its connectors and dimensions differ from the Founders Edition.	Reference main figures follow NVIDIA's retained 900-series table. Photo shows MSI's reference-style GTX 980 Ti 6GD5. The first-sale date comes from TweakTown's contemporary coverage, which explicitly states announced and released June 1; the original maker launch page is retired.
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	No dedicated RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	No Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS	No NVIDIA DLSS
Base clock
Base clock	1607 MHz	1000 MHz; NVIDIA lists 1075 MHz boost, while MSI's GTX 980 Ti 6GD5 datasheet lists 1076 MHz.
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR5 (better)	6 GB GDDR5
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	384-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	–
Memory detail
Memory detail	8 Gbps GDDR5 (NVIDIA); MSI lists 8008 MHz effective speed	7 Gbps GDDR5; MSI lists 7010 MHz effective memory speed. Numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker sources used do not publish it.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	180 W (better)	250 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × dual-link DVI-D; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2 (MSI GAMING 8G)	3 × DisplayPort 1.2, 1 × HDMI and 1 × dual-link DVI-I (MSI GTX 980 Ti 6GD5); MSI's datasheet does not state the HDMI version.
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin (MSI GAMING 8G)	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	500 W (MSI GAMING 8G)	600 W
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	279 × 140 × 42 mm and 1075 g (pictured MSI GAMING 8G partner board)	275 × 110 × 37 mm and 920 g (MSI GTX 980 Ti 6GD5)