GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING
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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0)


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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING
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GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0)

GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 570 (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XL, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on AMD Radeon RX 570
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XL
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture GCN 4
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
2048 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 32
128 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
1.253 GHz Base Clock 1.178 GHz
1.354 GHz Boost Clock 1.255 GHz
1.33 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.
165 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING is equipped with a total of 3 Axial (Radiator) main fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
3 x 120 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) is 7680x4320 pixels.
4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
272 mm Length 232 mm
113 mm Height 116 mm
37 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 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q4/2014.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 Gaming 8G (rev. 1.0) came on the market in Q4/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.
GV-N980X3WA-4GD Part-no GV-RX570GAMING-8GD
Q4/2014 Release date Q4/2017
549 $ (Reference) Launch Price 169 $
28 nm Structure size 14 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

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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)

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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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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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