PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 GAMING ACX 2.0


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Ada Lovelace) and has 16 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 717 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 GAMING ACX 2.0 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan has the AD103-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 GAMING ACX 2.0 is based on the graphics chip GM204-400-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980 GAMING ACX 2.0
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
AD103-300-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Ada Lovelace Architecture Maxwell 2.0
76 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
9728 Shader 2048
112 Render Output Units 64
304 Texture Units 128
76 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan clocks at 1.400 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 22.4 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 GAMING ACX 2.0 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.400 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
22.4 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
717 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

2.205 GHz Base Clock 1.126 GHz
2.505 GHz Boost Clock 1.216 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan is powered by 1 x 16-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 320 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 GAMING ACX 2.0 has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 165 W.

320 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 GAMING ACX 2.0 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 GAMING ACX 2.0 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 GAMING ACX 2.0 is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 4 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 GAMING ACX 2.0 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

329 mm Length 267 mm
133 mm Height 111 mm
64 mm Width --
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q1/2023.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 GAMING ACX 2.0 came on the market in Q3/2014 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

VCG408116TFXPPB Part-no 04G-P4-2981-KR
Q1/2023 Release date Q3/2014
1,199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 499 $
5 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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