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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a graphics card released on June 1, 2015, built on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 2,816 shading units, 6 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus, 336.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.08 GHz and a 250 W board power rating. It scores 13,620 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.3.

Maxwell 2.0GM200-310-A128 nm

10/10 key specs recorded · 65 facts

Depth: 44 recorded fields, 9 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NanoReview (Firecrawl extract), NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 10 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NanoReview (Firecrawl extract)PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

2,816cores

22 SMs

Memory

6 GB

GDDR5 · 384-bit

Boost clock

1.08 GHz

1.00 GHz base

Board power

250 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti scores 13,620 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 92.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #208), measured across 14,837 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 849.

PassMark G3D Mark

13,620

Rank #208
Faster than 92.6% of 2,658 GPUs
14,837 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 190 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 89.2% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 69 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 83.8% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 106 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 85.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 55 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 82.7% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 6,092 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 86.9% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti averages DirectX 9 190 fps, DirectX 10 69 fps, DirectX 11 106 fps, DirectX 12 55 fps and GPU Compute 6,092 ops/s, across 14,837 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 6 GB

Core clock 1076 MHz

Memory clock 1753 (7012) MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 250 W

First benchmarked 2015-06-02

Samples 14,837

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 6 GB of memory, a core clock of 1076 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2015-06-02. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Maxwell 2.0

Codename GM200-310-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors 8,000 M

Die size 601 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, uses the GM200-310-A1 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 28 nm process, contains 8,000 million transistors and has a die size of 601 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 2,816

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors 22

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 176

Render output units (ROPs) 96

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 2,816 shading units, 22 streaming multiprocessors, 176 texture mapping units and 96 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.00 GHz

Boost clock 1.08 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock 1.75 GHz

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti runs at a base clock of 1.00 GHz and boosts to 1.08 GHz.

Memory

Size 6 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 384-bit

Bandwidth 336.6 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with 6 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 384-bit memory bus and delivers 336.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has a board power rating of 250 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 250 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched June 1, 2015

Launch price $649

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX 900 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released on June 1, 2015 and launched at a price of $649.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 13,620

PassMark G2D 849

Rank #208

Samples 14,837

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.3.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

Media engine

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC). It does not support hardware encode for AV1 and decode for HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 5th Generation Encoder engines: 2NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 1st Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: No; 10-bit: No; B-frames: No; 8K: No	Not supported
AV1	Not supported	Not supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Not supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (5th Generation, encoder engines: 2) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (1st Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 6 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 336.6 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has a board power rating of 250 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti scores 13,620 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 92.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #208. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 55 fps.

Does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti support AV1 encoding?

No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti use?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti released and how much did it cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released on June 1, 2015 and launched at a price of $649.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 value on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti record was corrected and 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

Compute units: 22 cleared (now Not recorded). Rule: NVIDIA SM count moved out of compute units. compute units 22 on an NVIDIA GPU is its SM count (stated by the Wikipedia series article). Sources: Wikipedia: GeForce 900 series (revision 1362915367).

1 filled value

Streaming multiprocessors (SMs): 22 (was Not recorded). Rule: NVIDIA SM count recorded in the SM column. compute units 22 on an NVIDIA GPU is its SM count (stated by the Wikipedia series article). Sources: Wikipedia: GeForce 900 series (revision 1362915367).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.