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Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream vs ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080

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

The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.22 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.98 TFLOPS.

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB GDDR6X · 1.74 GHz · 320 W Speed index 25/100

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 has 8704 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.74 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 30.29 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is 508 % faster than the Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream.

Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
Speed index
4/100
25/100
FP32
4.98 TFLOPS
30.29 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.22 GHz
1.74 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
10 GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
760 GB/s
TDP
165 W
320 W
Launch Price
499 $
859 $
111 pts
591 pts

GPU

GPUPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GPU ChipGM204-400-A1GA102-200-K1-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors1668
Shader20488704
Render Output Units6496
Texture Units128272
Raytracing Cores--68
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 68 execution units.

Memory

MemoryPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
Memory Size4 GB10 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6X
Memory Clock1.753 GHz1.188 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps19.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s760 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit320 bit
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 has a 10 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
Base Clock1.127 GHz1.440 GHz
Boost Clock1.216 GHz1.740 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--1.71 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream has a turbo clock of 1.216 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is 1.740 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
TDP165 W320 W
TDP (up)--370 W
Tjunction max98 °C93 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
Fan-TypeAxial--
Fan 12 x 100 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingWater cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is cooled by a Water cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingASUS Aura Sync
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode
AV1NoDecode
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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

DimensionsPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
Length280 mm216 mm
Height133 mm136 mm
Width50 mm20 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots1 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2014Q3/2020
Launch Price499 $859 $
Structure size28 nm8 nm
Part-noNE5X980015G2FRTX3080-10G-EK
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream was released in Q4/2014.

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 published in Q3/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

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 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 +380.2 %

  1. 1,842
  2. 8,846

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 11,618

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 4,688

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)

  1. no data
  2. 60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 71 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 106 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 37 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 73 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 122 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)

  1. no data
  2. 104 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 178 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 202 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 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 +431.4 %

  1. 32,043
  2. 170,269

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 +284.0 %

  1. 38,621
  2. 148,307

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