GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce
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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and has 2816 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, which has 4352 shaders and 68 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip TU102
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
2816 Shader 4352
96 Render Output Units 88
176 Texture Units 272
0 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 346 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G can access 11 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 616 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.2 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
346 GB/s Memory bandwidth 616 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce clocks in the base with up to 1.241 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G is 1.350 GHz.

1.241 GHz Base Clock 1.350 GHz
1.342 GHz Boost Clock 1.635 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.62 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 320 W
91 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce has a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 120 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 42 dB

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G 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 v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce is 269 mm long, 121 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G is 280 mm long, 117 mm high and 40 mm wide.

269 mm Length 280 mm
121 mm Height 117 mm
43 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce was released in Q4/2015 at a price of 649 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 1,619 $.

GV-N98TXTREME W-6GD Part-no GV-N208TWF3OC-11GC
Q4/2015 Release date Q3/2018
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,619 $
28 nm Structure size 12 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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