EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0
vs
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 and the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 GPU Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
2048 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
128 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 230 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.800 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.2 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 230 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 clocks in the base with up to 1.279 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 13 %. The base frequency of the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme is 1.291 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 15 %.

1.279 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 13 % Base Clock 1.291 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 15 %
1.380 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 13 % Boost Clock 1.393 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 15 %
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

165 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme is 300 mm long, 141 mm high and -- wide.

267 mm Length 300 mm
111 mm Height 141 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 was released in Q1/2015 at a price of 649 $.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme was introduced in Q3/2014 at a price of 549 $.

04G-P4-2986-KR Part-no ZT-90203-10P
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2014
649 $ Launch Price 549 $
28 nm Structure size 28 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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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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