GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC. The graphics card is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC has 22 execution units with 2816 shaders.
FP32
6.70TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.19GHz
Memory
6GB GDDR5
TDP
250 W

Technical details

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC has 2816 shaders and 22 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 6.70 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
GM200-310-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)
Streaming Multiprocessors
22
Shader
2816
Render Output Units
96
Texture Units
176

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC can use 6 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s on a 384 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
337 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit

Clock Speeds

The base clock frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC is 1.102 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock
1.102 GHz+10 %
Boost Clock
1.190 GHz+11 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP
250 W
Tjunction max
91 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC has a total of 3 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
DVI
2

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC has a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_1 standard.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC is 279 mm long and 116 mm high. With a width of 36 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length
279 mm
Height
116 mm
Width
36 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC made in 28 nm was published in Q4/2015 for 649 $.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q4/2015
Launch Price
649 $ (Reference)
Structure size
28 nm
Part-no
GV-N98TWF3OC-6GD
Documents
data sheet
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC
1.102 GHz · 6 GB · 250 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 4,211 / 5,255

  1. GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OCGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC6 GB GDDR5
    41,973
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiAverage of gpu group
    40,135

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 3,904 / 5,233

  1. GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OCGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X OC6 GB GDDR5
    54,522
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiAverage of gpu group
    54,033

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 2 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

162GPU points (Ø)
Rank 147 / 479 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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