nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8GB GDDR5X 180W $599 May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4GB GDDR5 165W $549 Sep 2014
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 180 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1733 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320.3 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 128 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1251 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 110.9 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320.3 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 8.873 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 7200 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-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
7282 (+104%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
63994 (+91%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
33492
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
89.1 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
15572 (+40%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
11113
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+34%)
AVG 193 FPS
MIN 175 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+34%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 142 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+78%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+10%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+62%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+62%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+79%)
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+80%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+65%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+69%)
AVG 147 FPS
MIN 132 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+70%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+76%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+57%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 136 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+57%)
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+40%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+74%)
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 102 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+74%)
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+68%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 252 benchmarks across 84 games
80
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
VS
+60.5%
50
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
245
Wins
80
Avg FPS
67
Min FPS
97%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
0
Wins
50
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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