In the gpu comparison between the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled and the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 81 % faster than the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is based on AMD RX Vega 56, which has 3584 shaders and 56 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
HBM2
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
0.800 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
1.6 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
410 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
2,048 bit
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G can access 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
Base Clock
1.304 GHz
1.156 GHz
Boost Clock
1.418 GHz
1.471 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled clocks in the base with up to 1.304 GHz. The base frequency of the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 1.156 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
TDP
165 W
210 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.
The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has a TDP of 210 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
Fan-Type
--
Radial
Fan 1
--
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Water cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
37 dB
Noise (Load)
0 dB
49 dB
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled has a total of 0 -- fans.
The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
--
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
--
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled.
The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
Length
308 mm
280 mm
Height
129 mm
127 mm
Width
--
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
--
1,090 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled is 308 mm long, 129 mm high and -- wide.
The Biostar Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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