NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980. The graphics card is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 has 16 execution units with 2048 shaders.
FP32
4.98TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.22GHz
Memory
4GB GDDR5
TDP
165 W

Technical details

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 can use 4 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s on a 256 bit wide memory interface.

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 clock frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is 1.127 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
1.216 GHz
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

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

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 has a total of 1 Radial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

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

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is 267 mm long and 111 mm high. With a width of 40 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length
267 mm
Height
111 mm
Width
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 made in 28 nm was published in Q3/2014 for 499 $.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q3/2014
Launch Price
499 $
Structure size
28 nm
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
1.127 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

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980NVIDIA GeForce GTX 9804 GB GDDR5
    32,043
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Average of gpu group
    32,921

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

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980NVIDIA 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 9 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980.

102GPU points (Ø)
Rank 217 / 492 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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