The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING has 2816 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.19 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 6.70 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING is 178 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING
Memory Size
2 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
337 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
384 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING
Base Clock
1.127 GHz
1.102 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
1.190 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 has a turbo clock of 1.178 GHz. The turbo frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING is 1.190 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING
TDP
120 W
250 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
91 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING
Fan-Type
Radial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING
Max. resolution
4096x2160
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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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
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING
Length
241 mm
267 mm
Height
--
111 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC GAMING +153.8 %
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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