The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled 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.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF is 87 % faster than the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled.
The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled is based on the graphics chip GM204-400-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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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 KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Base Clock
1.515 GHz
1.304 GHz
Boost Clock
1.845 GHz
1.418 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.71 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
TDP
215 W
165 W
Tjunction max
88 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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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 KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 165 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Fan-Type
Axial
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Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Water cooling
Noise (Idle)
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0 dB
Noise (Load)
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0 dB
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The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
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1
USB-C
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF.
The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
Addressable LED
No LED lighting
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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 KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 HOF
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled
Length
330 mm
308 mm
Height
159 mm
129 mm
Width
57 mm
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Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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 KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 HOF Watercooled needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
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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.
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.
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