PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 230 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (Ada Lovelace) and has 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 1008 GB/s.

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 is based on the graphics chip AD102-300-A1, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip AD102-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 128
2048 Shader 16384
64 Render Output Units 176
128 Texture Units 512
0 Raytracing Cores 128

Memory

The graphics memory of the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 clocks at 1.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.2 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 is 21.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.313 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
7.2 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
230 GB/s Memory bandwidth 1008 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.228 GHz Base Clock 2.235 GHz
1.329 GHz Boost Clock 2.550 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 450 W.

165 W TDP 450 W
-- TDP (up) 450 W
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 110 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

280 mm Length 358 mm
115 mm Height 149 mm
52 mm Width 70 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q1/2015.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

K2980GTXPE4GEPB Part-no ROG-STRIX-RTX4090-24G-GAMING
Q1/2015 Release date Q4/2022
549 $ Launch Price 2,029 $
28 nm Structure size 5 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)

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 ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
94 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
187 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
197 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 ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
81 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
144 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
186 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 ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
187 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X
202 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090
24 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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