ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Maxwell 2.0
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
2560 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini clocks in the base with up to 1.620 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 1.203 GHz.

1.620 GHz Base Clock 1.203 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.304 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.28 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 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
1 DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini is 211 mm long, 125 mm high and -- wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 298 mm long, 114 mm high and 35 mm wide.

211 mm Length 298 mm
125 mm Height 114 mm
-- Width 35 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini was released in Q1/2017 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 was introduced in Q3/2015 at a price of 599 $.

ZT-P10800H-10P Part-no GV-N980OC-4GD
Q1/2017 Release date Q3/2015
599 $ (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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

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)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini
8 GB GDDR5X
76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Mini
8 GB GDDR5X
108 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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