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Average Bench: 95.5% (27th of 611)

Based on 109,129 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 17C8 Models: NVIDIA Graphics Device, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

The new GTX 980 Ti shares the same board as the more expensive Titan-X but with various restrictions including a reduced number of CUDA cores (3072 to 2816, -8.3%). Although the 980 Ti has the same 384-bit memory bandwidth as the Titan-X it only has 6GB of GDDR5 vs. 12GB in the Titan-X. So far we only have one user benchmark from a pre-release unit of the GTX 980 Ti so the following benchmarks are provisional. Comparing the Titan-X and 980 Ti shows that the Ti only lags by around 8%, which is in line with the CUDA core counts on the two cards. On the other hand comparing the GTX 980 and GTX 980 Ti shows that the Ti is around 16% faster. We don't have reliable prices for the GTX 980 Ti yet so a precise value rating isn't possible but as a card aimed at resolutions greater than 1080p it will struggle to match the GTX 970 for the vast majority of users. [May '15 GPUPro]

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Poor: 61%Average: 95.5% Great: 112%

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Excellent average bench

The Nvidia GTX 980 Ti averaged just 4.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvidia GTX 980 Ti near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 305fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 279fps

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 980 Ti is 51.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 980 Ti performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 277fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 193fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 109,129 samples)
Rank 2795.5%
Min Avg Max
143 Lighting 305 362
162 Reflection 277 322
163 Parallax 316 380
95.4% 299 fps
Min Avg Max
143 MRender 190 216
144 Gravity 279 326
143 Splatting 193 226
95.5% 221 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 3233)
CLim: 1653 MHz, MLim: 1911 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35
110% Outstanding
Lighting 352
Reflection 322
Parallax 354
109% 342 fps
MRender 216
Gravity 324
Splatting 231
111% 257 fps
Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36
109% Outstanding
Lighting 358
Reflection 308
Parallax 377
113% 348 fps
MRender 202
Gravity 310
Splatting 221
106% 244 fps
Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17
106% Outstanding
Lighting 334
Reflection 317
Parallax 347
105% 333 fps
MRender 208
Gravity 313
Splatting 226
107% 249 fps
EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35
103% Outstanding
Lighting 324
Reflection 294
Parallax 367
105% 328 fps
MRender 200
Gravity 300
Splatting 194
101% 232 fps
Dell(1028 1151) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71
91.1% Outstanding
Lighting 284
Reflection 260
Parallax 316
92% 287 fps
MRender 179
Gravity 263
Splatting 189
91% 211 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 12 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 202 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 80 fps Fortnite: 122 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 81 fps League of Legends: 220 fps Overwatch: 116 fps Battlefield 1: 97 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 83 fps DOTA 2: 154 fps World of Warcraft: 88 fps World of Tanks: 123 fps Battlefield 4: 122 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,541,099 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 109,129 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $650 @ launch in May '15)
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EVGA(3842 4995) 11% 96% ± 9%
EVGA GTX 980 Ti 6GB ACX SC+ ACX 2.0+ w/BP
06G-P4-4995-KR
MSI(1462 3232) 8% 97% ± 13%
MSI GTX 980 Ti 6GB Gaming
GTX 980TI GAMING 6G
Asus(1043 855B) 8% 91% ± 29%
Gigabyte(1458 36B6) 7% 96% ± 18%
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti 6GB GV-N98TG1
GV-N98TG1 GAMING-6GD
AmazonUS $69011 months
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti 6GB Windforce 3X OC
GV-N98TWF3OC-6GD
Nvidia(10DE 1151) 7% 91% ± 15%
MSI(1462 3233) 7% 97% ± 9%
MSI GTX 980 TI 6GB OC GOLDEN LE
GTX 980Ti GAMING 6G GOLDEN EDITION
AmazonUS $48026 days
EVGA(3842 1996) 6% 91% ± 25%
EVGA(3842 4996) 5% 98% ± 21%
Nvidia(10DE 17C8) 4% 92% ± 13%
Zotac(19DA 1396) 3% 106% ± 5%
EVGA(3842 4998) 2% 103% ± 17%
Gigabyte(1458 36DD) 2% 102% ± 22%
MSI(1462 3230) 2% 91% ± 8%
Asus(1043 8548) 2% 103% ± 16%
Asus(1043 855C) 2% 91% ± 15%
EVGA(3842 4993) 2% 88% ± 25%
EVGA(3842 4992) 2% 93% ± 8%
EVGA GTX 980 Ti 6GB SC
06G-P4-4992-KR
MSI(1462 3236) 2% 99% ± 16%
EVGA(3842 4990) 1% 93% ± 5%
MSI(1462 3250) 1% 107% ± 5%
Gigabyte(1458 36B7) 1% 103% ± 5%
HP(103C 2B62) 1% 92% ± 9%
Zotac(19DA 1394) 1% 97% ± 15%
Gigabyte(1458 36CB) 1% 95% ± 12%
Asus(1043 8546) 1% 89% ± 7%
ASUS GTX 980 Ti 6GB
GTX980TI-6GD5
BHPhotoUS $6602 years
AmazonUS $7432 years
Asus(1043 8549) 1% 79% ± 18%
Gainward(10B0 17C8) 1% 99% ± 10%
EVGA(3842 4991) 1% 94% ± 6%
MSI(1462 3235) 1% 102% ± 5%
Device(0000 0000) 1% 89% ± 11%
Dell(1028 1151) 1% 83% ± 16%
MSI(1462 3252) 0% 108% ± 9%
Gigabyte(1458 36CF) 0% 109% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 4997) 0% 80% ± 33%
Gigabyte(1458 36CD) 0% 92% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 36D0) 0% 90% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 0998) 0% 102% ± 0%
EVGA GTX 980 Ti 6GB Classified Gaming ACX 2.0+
06G-P4-0998-KR
AmazonUS $56021 months
Dell(1028 068B) 0% 97% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 1394) 0% 98% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8550) 0% 96% ± 0%
Asus(1043 854F) 0% 103% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 3996) 0% 90% ± 0%
Asus(1043 854B) 0% 97% ± 0%
Device(1B4C 1151) 0% 104% ± 0%
Device(7377 0000) 0% 92% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 4994) 0% 102% ± 0%
PNY(196E 1133) 0% 99% ± 0%
Sony(104D 90AC) 0% 108% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 5998) 0% 110% ± 0%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 65%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $182

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $302Bench 89%, 286,508 samples9,438x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $238Bench 84%, 178,572 samples2,165x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $349Bench 96%, 233,492 samples1,324x
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GTX 980 TiNvidia  $480Bench 95%, 109,129 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 112%, 348,851 samples1,534x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $49Bench 105%, 411,158 samples1,520x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 203%, 121,698 samples597x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $105Bench 87%, 171,284 samples1,129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $110Bench 91%, 86,045 samples593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $88Bench 73%, 36,714 samples432x
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 Comments

GPUPro
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943

Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 3 years ago.
USA-User
Avatar level
4,994

Good (edit your comment) Add link

4 days ago.

My 980ti ran Better than my previous 1070FE that had +150 on the core and +300 on the memory

Comment 

Excellent price/performance ratio. It is similar performance to the $1000 Titan X for $350 less.—Jun '15

Comment 

titan X like performance for 3/5ths the price—May '16

DEU-User
Avatar level
3,271

Terrible

3 days ago.

needs to much juice

GBR-User
Avatar level
3,208

Good

11 days ago.

Had it nearly three years, hasn't let me down at all. Still running 1080p though.

CAN-User
Avatar level
2,718

Good

17 days ago.

Its so wonderful, and works beautifully when sli-ed with another 980 ti.

FRA-User
Avatar level
2,657

Excellent

14 days ago.

to expensive for this price and performance!

ITA-User
Avatar level
2,353

Excellent

18 days ago.

I have it and it's a fantastic card

ESP-User
Avatar level
2,273

Good

7 days ago.

I take it on second hand in a cheap price and... is the beast

AUS-User
Avatar level
2,174

Good

3 days ago.

Best non reference card price to performance against the 1070 ti, 1080 and Rtx 2070.

JPN-User
Avatar level
2,046

Excellent

11 days ago.

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggggggggggggg

HUN-User
Avatar level
2,023

Excellent

7 days ago.

baszdmeg egy szar

BGR-User
Avatar level
1,666

Excellent

13 days ago.

Monster of a GPU, got one when it came out to play the Witcher 3 on QHD and the performance was godly!

COL-User
Avatar level
1,660

Excellent

4 months ago.

Es fantastica, aguanta lo que sea, jamas un problema, aun con OC

LTU-User
Avatar level
1,366

Good

15 months ago.

Awesome performance, but price is way too high

SAU-User
Avatar level
994

Excellent

6 months ago.

Very expensive due to it's release date

GPUPro
Avatar level
943

Outstanding

3 years ago.

gvrax
Avatar level
360

Terrible

18 months ago.

very high price & low energy efficiency

MitchCactus
Avatar level
158

Good

19 months ago.

1080ti wannabe xdxdxdlmao

nappydrew
Avatar level
36

Poor

17 months ago.

outdated for the price

blackwolf42
Avatar level
20

Good

22 months ago.

Overkill performance and price, price too...

cayampa
Avatar level
8

Excellent

19 months ago.

Bought used for £250 and considering it's significantly cheaper than the GTX 1070 and outperforms it in most cases, I've got to say this graphics card is an absolute bargain at the moment. Shame I only have the reference model...

Masochist
Avatar level
6

Outstanding

16 months ago.

I can get to 1540mhz/4050mhz on the MSI´s Sea Hawk version of the card at super low temperatures. Compared to a newer 1070 in gaming, an overclocked 980ti can match, and even surpass an OCed 1070 in many cases. Video editing/production really shows the raw horsepower of a 980ti, where its performance is tied neck-to-neck to a 1080. The only 2 downsides are the higher TDP and lower Vram. An absolute beast of a GPU!

nubbiecakes
Avatar level
4

Excellent

3 years ago.

Runs great. Gets hot and the reference cooler brings her back down. OC'ed to get some really impressive performance. No complaints, although it is a bit expensive, still a good value!

KarlS
Avatar level
4

Outstanding

2 years ago.

Amazing card! Got Strix OC for 300eur brand new...absolute steal. After overclocking it just destroys gtx 1070 and veeery close to 1080(8% better than average mobile 1080 according to userbenchmark). Runs hella cool considering fan speed, never over 40% , everything under that is whisper quiet and temps are max 75C after very long gaming. Only downside is coil whine which is unbearable in some games without Vsync.

xXTempsXx
Avatar level
4

Excellent

17 months ago.

Beats the 1070 even in 2017, and with both overclocked it still wins. Comes rather close to the 1080 as well.

Crabby49
Avatar level
4

Excellent

2 months ago.

Its still going strong and when overclocked its staying relevant.. I mean its blowing away a 2060 thats two generations above it and is a little under the 2070.. you can find the card for around 300 while the new card will cost you double the cost until the 2070 drops in price along with a 2070 ti version coming out that ranks itself to be around what a 1080ti is then its worth it. until then hold onto the 980ti till next generation and at that point get everything thats already out on top of that next new thing nvidia will add for that card on top of better performance with ray tracing and more ram on the mid tear cards.

thedoctor79
Avatar level
2

Outstanding

3 years ago.

This GPU is a BEAST! At 1080p, this card just embarasses video games. Unless your gaming at 144Hz, get a 1440p or higher resolution monitor for this card. You'll be maxing out every game for the forseeable future. 10/10 Would game.

gobike123
Avatar level
2

Outstanding

3 years ago.

Incredible ability to overclock. Some question the ability of async with this card but hopefully it can be software implemented.

McCHillin
Avatar level
2

Excellent

19 months ago.

Feel the power, not the empty bank account. You can find this card used for $280- $360 as of 8/24/17 and its PLENTY of power for 1080p gaming, i did a bit of OC and playing Rise of the Tomb Raider in 4K on high settings and maintaining 60 fps.... ON 4K...... so, keep an eye out for them as bleeding edge nerds (like im trying to be lol) and Etherium miners are dumping these for cheap right now... They are made for OC and putting up with a lot of stress, so its hard to find one that doesn't work. so unless you see the PCIe pins are burned (yes that has happened) or some other physical damage is obvious, jump on one!!!!

Dani767c
Avatar level
2

Excellent

9 months ago.

High-end budget card

Bradhyo
Avatar level
2

Excellent

3 months ago.

its pretty much a 2060 without ray trace

GGaming321
Avatar level
2

Good

12 days ago.

Worth every penny for 1080p gaming

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