ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition
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Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.43 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.86 TFLOPS.

The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI has 1664 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.30 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.34 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition GPU Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
2048 Shader 1664
64 Render Output Units 56
128 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition has a turbo clock of 1.431 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI is 1.304 GHz.

1.317 GHz Base Clock 1.152 GHz
1.431 GHz Boost Clock 1.304 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

165 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
Addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 No

Dimensions

The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

297 mm Length 247 mm
152 mm Height 126 mm
41 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, ASUS GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition was released in Q1/2015.

The Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream Mini HDMI published in Q3/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

GOLD20TH-GTX980-P-4GD5 Part-no NE5X970H14G2J
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2014
749 $ Launch Price 329 $
28 nm Structure size 28 nm
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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

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

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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