EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and has 2816 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2816 Shader 2560
96 Render Output Units 64
176 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ clocks in the base with up to 1.190 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 1.607 GHz.

1.190 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.291 GHz Boost Clock 1.733 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
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 Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 279 mm long, 151 mm high and -- wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

279 mm Length 267 mm
151 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ was released in Q2/2015 at a price of 649 $ (Reference).

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

06G-P4-0998-KR Part-no --
Q2/2015 Release date Q2/2016
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
1589

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
106 fps (avg)

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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