Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream
vs
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

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.

GPU

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.
Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream GPU ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip GA102-200-K1-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
2048 Shader 8704
64 Render Output Units 96
128 Texture Units 272
0 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

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.

4 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.127 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.216 GHz Boost Clock 1.740 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

165 W TDP 320 W
-- TDP (up) 370 W
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Axial Fan-Type --
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

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.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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).

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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.

280 mm Length 216 mm
133 mm Height 136 mm
50 mm Width 20 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

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.

NE5X980015G2F Part-no RTX3080-10G-EK
Q4/2014 Release date Q3/2020
499 $ Launch Price 859 $
28 nm Structure size 8 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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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)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
11618

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)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
71 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
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)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
37 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
73 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
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)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
104 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
178 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
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

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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