KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 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.

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 is based on the graphics chip GM204-400-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
TU104 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Turing Architecture Maxwell 2.0
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
2944 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
184 Texture Units 128
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
448 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.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.279 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.380 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 215 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 165 W.

215 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

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

Additional data

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 FTW GAMING ACX 2.0 came on the market in Q1/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

28NSL6UCV4LK Part-no 04G-P4-2986-KR
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2015
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $
12 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
8 GB GDDR6
71 fps (avg)

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)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
8 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
8 GB GDDR6
125 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
8 GB GDDR6
175 fps (avg)

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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