nvidia
Brand16GB GDDR6X
Memory9728
Cores716.8 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GeForce RTX 4080
$1199 • Sep 2022
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 320 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2505 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 716.8 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 9728 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | 76 | N/A |
| TMUs | 304 | 128 |
| ROPs | 112 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1400 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 280.6 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 716.8 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 48.74 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 64.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 379 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 45900 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
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