GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX+LED


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX+LED is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX+LED is based on the graphics chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX+LED
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 graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX+LED is 10.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.251 GHz.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.203 GHz Base Clock 1.708 GHz
1.304 GHz Boost Clock 1.847 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX+LED has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX+LED has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX+LED supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX+LED is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires -- space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX+LED needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

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

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q1/2016.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX+LED came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 08G-P4-6181-KR
Q1/2016 Release date Q2/2016
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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