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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 vs PNY GeForce GTX 980

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB GDDR5X · 1.73 GHz · 180 W Speed index 7/100

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 8.87 TFLOPS.

PNY GeForce GTX 980
PNY GeForce GTX 980 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.22 GHz · 165 W Speed index 4/100

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.22 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.98 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 78 % faster than the PNY GeForce GTX 980.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080PNY GeForce GTX 980
Speed index
7/100
4/100
FP32
8.87 TFLOPS
4.98 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.73 GHz
1.22 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5X
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
180 W
165 W
Launch Price
599 $
499 $
231 pts
105 pts

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080PNY GeForce GTX 980
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU ChipGP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1GM204-400-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors2016
Shader25602048
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units160128
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PNY GeForce GTX 980 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080PNY GeForce GTX 980
Memory Size8 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5XGDDR5
Memory Clock1.251 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed10.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.251 GHz clocks.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080PNY GeForce GTX 980
Base Clock1.607 GHz1.126 GHz
Boost Clock1.733 GHz1.216 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has a turbo clock of 1.733 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PNY GeForce GTX 980 is 1.216 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080PNY GeForce GTX 980
TDP180 W165 W
Tjunction max94 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin2 x 6-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080PNY GeForce GTX 980
Fan-TypeRadialRadial
Fan 11 x 70 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)--0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080PNY GeForce GTX 980
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.2
DVI11
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080PNY GeForce GTX 980
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080PNY GeForce GTX 980
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeNo
AV1NoNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080PNY GeForce GTX 980
Length267 mm267 mm
Height111 mm111 mm
Width38 mm38 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PNY GeForce GTX 980 is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080PNY GeForce GTX 980
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ2/2016Q3/2014
Launch Price599 $499 $
Structure size16 nm28 nm
Part-no--GF980GTX4GEPB
Documentsdata sheet--
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Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 was released in Q2/2016.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 published in Q3/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

Benchmark results

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 +66.3 %

  1. 53,292
  2. 32,043

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 +65.4 %

  1. 63,883
  2. 38,621

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