GTX 1070 and the GTX 980ti

[I_like_animals]

Im confused the GTX 1070 has less CUDA cores than the GTX 980 ti and is cheaper to buy. why would people buy the more expensive card if it has less power than the other? 

The only areas where the GTX 1070 is better is in Base Clock (MHz) and Boost Clock (MHz).

 

thank you 

[monjessenstein]

You can't really compare the two cards, because they're from different generations. COmparing stats on a video card really only works with the same-gen cards.

[PRTI]

Because that monster number of more CUDA cores can help allot in specific workloads (non-gaming wise)

[Mira Yurizaki]

3 minutes ago, I_like_animals said:

Im confused the GTX 1070 has less CUDA cores than the GTX 980 ti and is cheaper to buy. why would people buy the more expensive card if it has less power than the other? 

The only areas where the GTX 1070 is better is in Base Clock (MHz) and Boost Clock (MHz).

 

thank you 

CUDA core count is only part of the equation in regards to total performance. Since Pascal is an evolution of Maxwell, you can estimate the performance by doing CUDA core count * clock speed.

 

GTX 980 Ti: 2816 * 1000 = 2,816,000

GTX 1070: 1920 * 1506 = 2,891, 520

 

The other thing is the GTX 1070 has 8GB of RAM whereas the GTX 980 Ti has 6GB. The GTX 1070 also has better DX12 and Vulkan support.

 

So overall, the GTX 1070 is better than the GTX 980 Ti.

[I_like_animals]

thanks 

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

They perform very similarly, although Pascal doesn't offer any Architecture performance improvements the FinFET process that results in higher clocks (well the memory is a factor too) makes the over all TFLOPS higher. Sense the 980ti has more compute units when overclocked it is actually better in some games at lower clocks. Pascal has some limited bonus software features and VR support and very good power consumption, that is why most people pick it over the 980TI.

[FIXXX]

Plus better re-sell value. As older cards tend to depreciate significantly.

[Vicious]

They're different architectures so you can't really compare them by CUDAs. On the other hand people pay more for GTX 1070 because it's more future proof and comes with a bit of extra VRAM. One more thing: Pascal performs better at VR than Maxwell.

[StaffCorporal]

The 1070 is a higher number, therefore it is better than 980 Ti 

[Soundsystem90]

1070 is definitely overall faster but they are very close to each other.

 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-980-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1070/3439vs3609

[roylapoutre]

1 hour ago, huilun02 said:

Quick lazy explanation is that smaller node = lower temps = higher clocks = equal or better perf.

Smaller node doesn't equal lower temps at all... It can often lead to higher temps 

[Vicious]

1 hour ago, roylapoutre said:

Smaller node doesn't equal lower temps at all... It can often lead to higher temps 

In this case I had experience with both GTX 1070 (G1 Gaming) and GTX 1080 (AMP! Extreme) both run much cooler than previous gen Maxwell.