The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN is 26 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 480.
AMD Radeon RX 480EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN
The AMD Radeon RX 480 has the Polaris 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ellesmere architecture.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
AMD Radeon RX 480
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN
Memory Size
8 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
337 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
384 bit
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The graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 480 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
AMD Radeon RX 480
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN
Base Clock
1.120 GHz
1.203 GHz
Boost Clock
1.266 GHz
1.304 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
AMD Radeon RX 480
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN
TDP
150 W
250 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
91 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin
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The AMD Radeon RX 480 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN has 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
AMD Radeon RX 480
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The AMD Radeon RX 480 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
AMD Radeon RX 480
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the AMD Radeon RX 480.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
AMD Radeon RX 480
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_0
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the AMD Radeon RX 480 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
AMD Radeon RX 480
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
AMD Radeon RX 480
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN
Length
240 mm
279 mm
Height
95 mm
151 mm
Width
35 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The AMD Radeon RX 480 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified KINGPIN +43.7 %
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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