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Graphics card overview

GeForce GTX 980

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 980

4096 Mb GDDR5 Released 19 Sep 2014 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 980

Core configuration

GPUGM204
ArchitectureNvidia_Maxwell_2_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs2048 : 128 : 64
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance4616.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size4096 Mb
Memory Bus Width256 bit
Memory Speed1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth224.40 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 980 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 19 Sep 2014. The graphics card houses the GM204 die, based on the Nvidia_Maxwell_2_0 architecture which packs 5,200 million transistors on a 28 nm, 398 mm² die.

GeForce GTX 980 pros and cons

  • Supports PhysX
  • Supports G-Sync
  • Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER Compare GeForce GTX 1650 GeForce GTX 1650 Compare Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 580 Compare Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 570 Compare
Shader units 2048 1280 896 2304 2048
ROPs 64 32 32 32 32
Graphics processor GM204 TU116 TU107 Ellesmere Ellesmere
Process size 28 nm 12 nm 12 nm 14 nm 14 nm
Memory 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR6 (1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 bit 128 bit 256 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 224.40 Gb/s 192.00 Gb/s 128.00 Gb/s 256.00 Gb/s 211.20 Gb/s
Release date 19 Sep 2014 22 Nov 2019 30 Apr 2019 1 Apr 2017 1 Apr 2017

Benchmarks

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 66
  • Radeon RX 580 59
  • Radeon RX 570 52
  • GeForce GTX 980 52
  • GeForce GTX 1650 42

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 42
  • Radeon RX 580 38
  • Radeon RX 570 34
  • GeForce GTX 980 34
  • GeForce GTX 1650 27

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 580 19
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 18
  • Radeon RX 570 17
  • GeForce GTX 980 17

FPS (higher is better)