GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce
vs
Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce and the Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream, 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.

Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce GPU Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2816 Shader 3584
96 Render Output Units 88
176 Texture Units 224
0 Raytracing Cores 0

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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream can access 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.376 GHz
7.2 Gbps Memory Speed 11.0 Gbps
346 GB/s Memory bandwidth 484 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream is 1.505 GHz.

1.241 GHz Base Clock 1.505 GHz
1.342 GHz Boost Clock 1.670 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.65 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 91 °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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 120 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme OC WaterForce supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream 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 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream is 285 mm long, 133 mm high and 58 mm wide.

269 mm Length 285 mm
121 mm Height 133 mm
43 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Super JetStream was introduced in Q1/2017 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

GV-N98TXTREME W-6GD Part-no NEB108TS15LC-1020J
Q4/2015 Release date Q1/2017
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (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

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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