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Graphics card overview

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

6144 Mb GDDR5 Released 2 Jun 2015 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Core configuration

GPUGM200
ArchitectureNvidia_Maxwell_2_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs2816 : 176 : 96
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance5632.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size6144 Mb
Memory Bus Width384 bit
Memory Speed1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth337.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 2 Jun 2015. The graphics card houses the GM200 die, based on the Nvidia_Maxwell_2_0 architecture which packs 8,000 million transistors on a 28 nm, 601 mm² die.

GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Ti GeForce GTX 980 Ti Radeon RX 6500 XT Radeon RX 6500 XT Compare Radeon RX 5500 XT Radeon RX 5500 XT Compare GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER Compare GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Compare
Shader units 2816 1024 1408 1280 1408
ROPs 96 32 32 32 48
Graphics processor GM200 Navi 24 Navi 14 TU116 TU116
Process size 28 nm 6 nm 7 nm 12 nm 12 nm
Memory 6144 Mb GDDR5 (1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR6 (1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective)		 6144 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 384 bit 64 bit 128 bit 128 bit 192 bit
Memory bandwidth 337.00 Gb/s 144.00 Gb/s 224.00 Gb/s 192.00 Gb/s 336.00 Gb/s
Release date 2 Jun 2015 19 Jan 2022 12 Dec 2019 22 Nov 2019 29 Oct 2019

Benchmarks

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 80
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 66
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti 66
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 66
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 64

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 51
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti 45
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 43
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 42
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 40

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 25
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti 23
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT 22
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 18

FPS (higher is better)