GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING
Benchmark and Specs
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Benchmark and Specs
All technical data and various benchmarks of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING can operate up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 become.
GPUThe GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING has 16 execution units with 2048 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 5.55 TFLOPS. |
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| Based on: | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
| GPU Chip: | GM204-400-A1 (Maxwell 2.0) |
| Streaming Multiprocessors: | 16 |
| Shader: | 2048 |
| Render Output Units: | 64 |
| Texture Units: | 128 |
| Raytracing Cores: | 0 |
MemoryThe GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING 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. |
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| 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 SpeedsThe base frequency of this graphics card is 1.253 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.354 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking. |
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| Base Clock: | 1.253 GHz + 11 % |
| Boost Clock: | 1.354 GHz+ 11 % |
| Avg (Game) Clock: | 1.329 GHz |
| Overclocking: | Yes |
Thermal DesignThe GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W. |
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| TDP: | 165 W |
| TDP (up): | -- |
| Tjunction max: | 98 °C |
| PCIe-Power: | 2 x 8-Pin |
Cooler & FansGraphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING are cooled by a AIO water cooling. |
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| Fan-Type: | Axial (Radiator) |
| Fan 1: | 3 x 120 mm |
| Fan 2: | -- |
| Cooler-Type: | AIO water cooling |
| Noise (Idle): | 0 dB / Silent |
| Noise (Load): | -- |
ConnectivityUp to 4 monitors can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING. |
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| Max. Displays: | 4 |
| HDCP-Version: | 2.2 |
| HDMI Ports: | 1x HDMI v2.0 |
| DP Ports: | 3x DP v1.2 |
| DVI Ports: | 1 |
| VGA Ports: | -- |
| USB-C Ports: | -- |
FeaturesetWith the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels. Furthermore, the DirectX standard version 12_1 is supported. |
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| Max. resolution: | 4096x2160 |
| DirectX: | 12_1 |
| Raytracing: | No |
| DLSS / FSR: | No |
| LED: | No LED lighting |
Supported Video CodecsThis area lists the video codecs that the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING can decode or encode in hardware in order to minimize the processor load, which leads to lower power consumption. |
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| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC: | No |
| VP8: | Decode |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
DimensionsThe GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 272 mm long, 113 mm high and 37 mm wide. |
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| Length: | 272 mm |
| Height: | 113 mm |
| Width: | 37 mm |
| Width (Slots): | 2 PCIe-Slots |
| Weight: | -- |
Additional dataThe GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE 3-WAY SLI GAMING was released in Q4/2014 at a price of 549 $ (Reference). The graphics card manufactured in 28 nm is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes. |
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| GPU Interface: | PCIe 3 x 16 |
| Release date: | Q4/2014 |
| Launch Price: | 549 $ (Reference) |
| Structure size: | 28 nm |
| Part-no: | GV-N980X3WA-4GD |
| 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
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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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
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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Geekbench 6 - Vulkan
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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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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