PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GP102-350-K1-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Maxwell 2.0
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
3584 Shader 2048
88 Render Output Units 64
224 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC has 11 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

11 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.376 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
11.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
484 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC clocks in the base with up to 1.531 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING is 1.253 GHz.

1.531 GHz Base Clock 1.253 GHz
1.645 GHz Boost Clock 1.354 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.33 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING has 1 Axial (Radiator) fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial (Radiator)
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC is 314 mm long, 126 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING is 272 mm long, 113 mm high and 37 mm wide.

314 mm Length 272 mm
126 mm Height 113 mm
42 mm Width 37 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC was released in Q2/2017 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING was introduced in Q3/2015 at a price of 599 $.

VCGGTX1080T11XGPB-OC Part-no GV-N980WAOC-4GD
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2015
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $
16 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet 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

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC
11 GB GDDR5X
108 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 Gaming OC
11 GB GDDR5X
152 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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