GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs GTX 980M

Place in performance ranking	275	8
Place by popularity	not in top-100	37
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.94	33.15
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	GM204	AD104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2014 (9 years ago)	17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$699
Current price	$583	$719 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4070 SUPER has 234% better value for money than GTX 980M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	7168
CUDA cores	1536	no data
Core clock speed	1038 MHz	1980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1127 MHz	2475 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	220 Watt
Texture fill rate	51.84	584.6
Floating-point performance	3,462 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 980M and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	285 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	no data
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	no data
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
BatteryBoost	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 980M 19.02

RTX 4070 SUPER 77.64
+308%

RTX 4070 SUPER outperforms GTX 980M by 308% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 980M 7346

RTX 4070 SUPER 29984
+308%

RTX 4070 SUPER outperforms GTX 980M by 308% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 980M 12517

RTX 4070 SUPER 68373
+446%

RTX 4070 SUPER outperforms GTX 980M by 446% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 980M 9682

RTX 4070 SUPER 48876
+405%

RTX 4070 SUPER outperforms GTX 980M by 405% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 980M 65241

RTX 4070 SUPER 171098
+162%

RTX 4070 SUPER outperforms GTX 980M by 162% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 980M 327632

RTX 4070 SUPER 766678
+134%

RTX 4070 SUPER outperforms GTX 980M by 134% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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:

900p	173 −305%	700−750 +305%
Full HD	74 −181%	208 +181%
1440p	31 −339%	136 +339%
4K	28 −196%	83 +196%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33
−300%

120−130

+300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	51	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35	no data
Battlefield 5	67	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −300%	120−130 +300%
Far Cry 5	62	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	59	no data
Forza Horizon 4	74	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80	no data
Metro Exodus	65	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	44	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35	no data
Battlefield 5	57	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −300%	120−130 +300%
Far Cry 5	52	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	47	no data
Forza Horizon 4	191	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80	no data
Metro Exodus	55	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	61	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	26	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −300%	120−130 +300%
Far Cry 5	38	no data
Forza Horizon 4	47	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	33	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	33	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	35	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Far Cry 5	34	no data
Forza Horizon 4	39	no data
Hitman 3	21−24	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	38	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	17	no data
Hitman 3	14−16	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	22	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
Far Cry 5	12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	26	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Metro Exodus	20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9	no data