Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
50
41
26
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High72109
1080p Ultra5588
1440p Ultra3964
4K Ultra2136
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy58569983
Solar Bayn/a25927
Port Royal32502255
Fire Strike1950629332
Night Raid7000195126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur134.8 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark853937
DirectX 11106 fps151 fps
DirectX 1255 fps65 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fps583.6 fps
Car Chase375.2 fps533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fps507.1 fps
T-Rex1867.7 fps2784.7 fps
ALU 21803.6 fps7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2264 fps273.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2238.83894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 2, 2015 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GM200 GP102
Price 649 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 2816 3584
TMUs 176 224
ROPs 96 88
Execution Units 22 28
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 601 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 384 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.4 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 6.1
DisplayPort 1.2 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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