GALAX GeForce GTX 980
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GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Benchmark and Specs

All technical data and various benchmarks of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 are listed on this page. The graphics card is based on the GM204-400-A1 (Maxwell 2.0) graphics chip, which is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nm. The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 can operate up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 become.
FP32
4.98TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.22GHz
Memory
4GB GDDR5
TDP
165 W

Technical details

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 has 16 execution units with 2048 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 4.98 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
GM204-400-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)
Streaming Multiprocessors
16
Shader
2048
Render Output Units
64
Texture Units
128

Memory

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with 4 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The memory clock of the graphics card is 1.753 GHz and the speed is 7.01 Gbps.

Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit

Clock Speeds

The base frequency of this graphics card is 1.126 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.216 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock
1.126 GHz
Boost Clock
1.216 GHz
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is powered by 2 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.

TDP
165 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 are cooled by a Air cooling.

Fan-Type
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

Up to 4 monitors can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 980.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 it is possible to operate a screen with a resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels. Furthermore, the DirectX standard version 12_1 is supported.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists the video codecs that the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 can decode or encode in hardware in order to minimize the processor load, which leads to lower power consumption.

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

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 281 mm long, 124 mm high and 41 mm wide.

Length
281 mm
Height
124 mm
Width
41 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 was released in Q4/2014 at a price of 499 $. The graphics card manufactured in 28 nm is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q4/2014
Launch Price
499 $
Structure size
28 nm
Part-no
98NQH6DHC8XX
GALAX GeForce GTX 980
1.126 GHz · 4 GB · 165 W TDP
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Benchmark results

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 Rank 4,696 / 5,255

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    32,043
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Average of gpu group
    32,921

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,302 / 5,233

  1. GALAX GeForce GTX 980GALAX GeForce GTX 9804 GB GDDR5
    38,621
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Average of gpu group
    40,046

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 1 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980.

86GPU points (Ø)
Rank 94 / 166 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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