NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
nvidia
Brand11GB GDDR5X
Memory3584
Cores484.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores336.6 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
11GB GDDR5X 250W N/A Mar 2017
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
$699 • Mar 2017
VS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
$649 • Jun 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6GB GDDR5 250W N/A Jun 2015
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 11 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 250 W | 250 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1582 MHz | 1076 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 484.4 GB/s | 336.6 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 2816 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 224 | 176 |
| ROPs | 88 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 352-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1376 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 139.2 GPixel/s | 103.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 484.4 GTexel/s | 336.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 11.34 GFLOPS | 6.06 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.75 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 471 mm² | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 11800 Million | 8000 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
9688 (+61%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
6010
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
74966 (+50%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
49950
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
118.7 FPS (+62%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
73.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
18594 (+35%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
13771
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+30%)
AVG 242 FPS
MIN 219 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 186 FPS
MIN 169 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+41%)
AVG 212 FPS
MIN 186 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 150 FPS
MIN 137 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+90%)
AVG 146 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+0%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+0%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+35%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 89 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+73%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+82%)
AVG 169 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+90%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+65%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+63%)
AVG 182 FPS
MIN 168 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 101 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+85%)
AVG 126 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+81%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+83%)
AVG 221 FPS
MIN 204 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 121 FPS
MIN 114 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+89%)
AVG 132 FPS
MIN 120 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+59%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+75%)
AVG 166 FPS
MIN 127 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+79%)
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+75%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Wins!
Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games
101
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
+56.8%
65
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA • 11GB GDDR5X
236
Wins
101
Avg FPS
85
Min FPS
95%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
0
Wins
65
Avg FPS
54
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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