PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2
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PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 Benchmark and Specs

All technical data and various benchmarks of the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 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 PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 can operate up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 become.
FP32
5.44TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.33GHz
Memory
4GB GDDR5
TDP
165 W

Technical details

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 has 16 execution units with 2048 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 5.44 TFLOPS.

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

Memory

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is equipped with 4 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The memory clock of the graphics card is 1.800 GHz and the speed is 7.2 Gbps.

Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.800 GHz
Memory Speed
7.2 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
230 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit

Clock Speeds

The base frequency of this graphics card is 1.228 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.329 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock
1.228 GHz+9 %
Boost Clock
1.329 GHz+9 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.

TDP
165 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 are cooled by a Air cooling.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

Up to 4 monitors can be operated with the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2.

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

Featureset

With the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 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 PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 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 PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 280 mm long, 115 mm high and 52 mm wide.

Length
280 mm
Height
115 mm
Width
52 mm
Width (Slots)
3 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 was released in Q1/2015 at a price of 549 $. 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
Q1/2015
Launch Price
549 $
Structure size
28 nm
Part-no
K2980GTXPE4GEPB
PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2
1.228 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 4,540 / 5,255

  1. PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC24 GB GDDR5
    35,003
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Average of gpu group
    32,921

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,190 / 5,233

  1. PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC24 GB GDDR5
    42,188
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Average of gpu group
    40,046

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

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

105GPU points (Ø)
Rank 108 / 236 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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