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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Graphics Processor
- GM204
- Cores
- 2048
- TMUs
- 128
- ROPs
- 64
- Memory Size
- 4 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Bus Width
- 256 bit
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Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 1920x1080
- 2560x1440
- 3840x2160
The GeForce GTX 980 was a high-end graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on September 19th, 2014. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the GM204 graphics processor, in its GM204-400-A1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on GeForce GTX 980. The GM204 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 398 mm² and 5,200 million transistors. It features 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 4 GB GDDR5 memory with the GeForce GTX 980, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1127 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1216 MHz, memory is running at 1753 MHz (7 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 draws power from 2x 6-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 165 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2. GeForce GTX 980 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 267 mm x 111 mm x 40 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 549 US Dollars.
Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 draws power from 2x 6-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 165 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2. GeForce GTX 980 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 267 mm x 111 mm x 40 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 549 US Dollars.
Graphics Processor
- GPU Name
- GM204
- GPU Variant
- GM204-400-A1
- Architecture
- Maxwell 2.0
- Foundry
- TSMC
- Process Size
- 28 nm
- Transistors
- 5,200 million
- Density
- 13.1M / mm²
- Die Size
- 398 mm²
- Chip Package
- BGA-1745
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Sep 19th, 2014
- Generation
- GeForce 900
- Predecessor
- GeForce 700
- Successor
- GeForce 10
- Production
- End-of-life
- Launch Price
- 549 USD
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Reviews
- 146 in our database
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1127 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1216 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 4 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 256 bit
- Bandwidth
- 224.4 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 2048
- TMUs
- 128
- ROPs
- 64
- SMM Count
- 16
- L1 Cache
- 48 KB (per SMM)
- L2 Cache
- 2 MB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 77.82 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 155.6 GTexel/s
- FP32 (float)
- 4.981 TFLOPS
- FP64 (double)
- 155.6 GFLOPS (1:32)
Board Design
- Slot Width
- Dual-slot
- Length
- 267 mm
10.5 inches
- Width
- 111 mm
4.4 inches
- Height
- 40 mm
1.6 inches
- TDP
- 165 W
- Suggested PSU
- 450 W
- Outputs
- 1x DVI
1x HDMI 2.0
3x DisplayPort 1.2
- Power Connectors
- 2x 6-pin
- Board Number
- PG401
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 (12_1)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- CUDA
- 5.2
- Shader Model
- 6.8
GM204 GPU Notes
| NVENC: 5th Gen NVDEC: 1st Gen PureVideo HD: VP6 VDPAU: Feature Set E Latest Drivers: Windows Vista: GeForce Release 365.19 Quadro Release R346 U7 (348.40) / R352 BETA (352.86) Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 (x32 / x64): GeForce Release 391.35 / 474.89 Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / R440 U4 (441.66) Data Center Release 427.11 Windows 10 / 11 (x32 / x64): GeForce Release 391.35 / Latest Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / Latest Data Center Release: Latest |
Retail boards based on this design (72)
| Name | GPU Clock | Boost Clock | Memory Clock | Other Changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1178 MHz | 1279 MHz | 1753 MHz | 289 mm/11.4 inches | |
| 1241 MHz | 1342 MHz | 1753 MHz | 289 mm/11.4 inches | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | 297 mm/11.7 inches | |
| 1317 MHz | 1431 MHz | 1753 MHz | 297 mm/11.7 inches | |
| 1241 MHz | 1342 MHz | 1753 MHz | 297 mm/11.7 inches | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | 287 mm/11.3 inches | |
| 1178 MHz | 1279 MHz | 1753 MHz | 287 mm/11.3 inches | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1279 MHz | 1380 MHz | 1753 MHz | Triple-slot | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1152 MHz | 1253 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1291 MHz | 1393 MHz | 1753 MHz | 279 mm/11 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort | |
| 1291 MHz | 1393 MHz | 1753 MHz | 279 mm/11 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort | |
| 1304 MHz | 1418 MHz | 1753 MHz | 279 mm/11 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x mini-DisplayPort | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort | |
| 1279 MHz | 1380 MHz | 1753 MHz | 2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort | |
| 1291 MHz | 1393 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1291 MHz | 1393 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1241 MHz | 1342 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1266 MHz | 1367 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | 280 mm/11 inches | |
| 1202 MHz | 1304 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1203 MHz | 1304 MHz | 1800 MHz | 274 mm/10.8 inches | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | 281 mm/11.1 inches | |
| 1304 MHz | 1418 MHz | 1753 MHz | 308 mm/12.1 inches | |
| 1266 MHz | 1367 MHz | 1753 MHz | 308 mm/12.1 inches | |
| 1304 MHz | 1418 MHz | 1753 MHz | 308 mm/12.1 inches | |
| 1228 MHz | 1329 MHz | 1753 MHz | 281 mm/11.1 inches | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1228 MHz | 1329 MHz | 1753 MHz | 312 mm/12.3 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1228 MHz | 1329 MHz | 1753 MHz | 2x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | 312 mm/12.3 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1203 MHz | 1304 MHz | 1753 MHz | 312 mm/12.3 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1178 MHz | 1279 MHz | 1753 MHz | 312 mm/12.3 inches, 2x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | |
| 1241 MHz | 1342 MHz | 1775 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1152 MHz | 1253 MHz | 1753 MHz | 266 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1304 MHz | 1418 MHz | 1820 MHz | 266 mm/10.5 inches | |
| 1228 MHz | 1329 MHz | 1753 MHz | 300 mm/11.8 inches | |
| 1228 MHz | 1329 MHz | 1753 MHz | 300 mm/11.8 inches | |
| 1304 MHz | 1418 MHz | 1820 MHz | 300 mm/11.8 inches | |
| 1266 MHz | 1367 MHz | 1800 MHz | 300 mm/11.8 inches | |
| 1304 MHz | 1418 MHz | 1753 MHz | 308 mm/12.1 inches | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1152 MHz | 1253 MHz | 1753 MHz | 296 mm/11.7 inches | |
| 1266 MHz | 1367 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1190 MHz | 1291 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1152 MHz | 1253 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1152 MHz | 1253 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 540 MHz | 1366 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | 8 GB | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | 280 mm/11 inches, 1x DVI 1x mini-HDMI 3x mini-DisplayPort | |
| 1203 MHz | 1304 MHz | 1800 MHz | 280 mm/11 inches, 1x DVI 1x mini-HDMI 3x mini-DisplayPort | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | 280 mm/11 inches | |
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1127 MHz | 1216 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1165 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1753 MHz | ||
| 1291 MHz | 1393 MHz | 1800 MHz | ||
| 1202 MHz | 1304 MHz | 1762 MHz |
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