GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce GTX 980 is at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, however, it's a better value for money, as it's $1090.00 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 980

Up to 73% cheaper – $399.00 vs $1489.00
A better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 34% less energy – 165 vs 250 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 175% more VRAM memory – 11 vs 4 GB

GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

Average FPS

65%

Min 1% FPS

58%

Price, $

$399

100%

Value, $/FPS

$5.7/FPS

100%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 SLI DVI/HDMI/DP Gaming Graphics Card Advanced GPU

Epic IT Service Geforce GTX 980, 4GB GDDR5, 256 bit, Virtual Reality (VR) Ready, 3 x DisplayPort 1.2, 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x DL-DVI, Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 (Bulk OEM)

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB K|NGP|N ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent w/Multi-Color LED Cooler, Customized Overclocking Graphics Card 04G-P4-5988-KR

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Mar 10th, 2017

Average FPS

107

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$1489

26%

Value, $/FPS

$13.91/FPS

41%

ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce GTX 1080 TI 11GB VR Ready 5K HD Gaming Graphics Card (ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-11G-GAMING)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition Gaming, 11GB GDDR5X, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphic Cards 11G-P4-6390-KR

MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDRR5X DirectX 12 352-bit VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 TI Duke 11G OC)

Gigabyte GV-N108TGAMINGOC BLACK-11GD GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC 11G Graphic Card Black

NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB GDDR5X Founders Edition

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti DirectX 12 GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G 11GB 352-Bit GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Model GTX1080TIGAMING11G

PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Graphic Card - 1.58 GHz Boost Clock - 11 GB GDDR5X - Dual Slot Space Required

GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Mar 10th, 2017

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4362

44%

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Mar 10th, 2017

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

9955

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

Memory

4 GB

36%

Memory Bandwidth

224.4 GB/s

46%

Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

56%

Texture Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

44%

FP32

4.981 TFLOPS

44%

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Mar 10th, 2017

Memory

11 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

484.4 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

139.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

354.4 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

11.34 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce GTX 980	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
General
Sep 19th, 2014	Release Date	Mar 10th, 2017
$549.00	MSRP	$699.00
GeForce 900	Generation	GeForce 10
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
165 W	Power Consumption	250 W
Memory
4 GB	Memory Size	11 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR5X
256-bit	Memory Bus	352-bit
224.4 GB/s	Bandwidth	484.4 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
77.82 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	139.2 GPixel/s
155.6 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	354.4 GTexel/s
4.981 TFLOPS	FP32	11.34 TFLOPS