Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core
vs
INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.32 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.39 TFLOPS.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.39 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 2.85 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core GPU INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip GM206-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
2048 Shader 1024
64 Render Output Units 32
128 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.762 GHz clocks.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.762 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
225 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core has a turbo clock of 1.317 GHz. The turbo frequency of the INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra is 1.393 GHz.

1.216 GHz Base Clock 1.329 GHz
1.317 GHz Boost Clock 1.393 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

165 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core are cooled with a Air cooling.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 85 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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 No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 No

Dimensions

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

303 mm Length 300 mm
111 mm Height 115 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Core was released in Q3/2015.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra published in Q1/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

ZT-90207-10P Part-no C960-2SDN-E5CNX
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2015
479 $ Launch Price 249 $
28 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

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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