ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
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ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.08 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.06 TFLOPS.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 has 1664 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.18 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 3.92 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti GPU ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
2816 Shader 1664
96 Render Output Units 56
176 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti has a turbo clock of 1.076 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is 1.178 GHz.

1.000 GHz Base Clock 1.050 GHz
1.076 GHz Boost Clock 1.178 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 91 °C.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

250 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 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 1x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting 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 Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 280 mm
111 mm Height 140 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released in Q3/2015.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 published in Q1/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

-- Part-no STRIX-GTX970-DC2-4GD5
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2015
739 $ Launch Price 329 $
28 nm Structure size 28 nm
-- Documents --

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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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