Comparison

GTX 970 vs GTX 1080

The GTX 1080 is 107.5% faster than GTX 970 in synthetic benchmark and 11.1% more expensive on the retail market.

Retail Price

$359

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Better Value

Retail Price

$ 399

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Value

10

Value

19

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3DMark Performace

3648

3DMark Performace

7570

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+107.5%

Video Memory

4 GB

Video Memory

8 GB

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+100.0%

Power Consumption

145W

Power Consumption

180W

Efficiency

25

Efficiency

42

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Release Date

2015

Release Date

2016

MSRP

329 $

MSRP

599 $

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+82.1%

AMD Equivalent to GTX 970

NAME3DMARKPRICE
Radeon RX 64003622

Is GTX 970 better than GTX 1080?

GTX 970 price to performance rating is lower than GTX 1080's. GTX 1080 offers 90.0% better value fo money.

When it comes to power efficiency, GTX 970 falls behind with an efficiency score that is 25, lower than that of GTX 1080 42. Consuming 180 watts, GTX 1080 has 68.0% better power consumption to performance ratio. The efficiency score is calculated by comparing the benchmark score with power consumption