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Average Bench: 96.7% (19th of 596)

Based on 93,076 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: 59%Average: 96.7% Great: 113%

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Excellent average bench

The Nvidia GTX 980 Ti averaged just 3.3% 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) 308fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 283fps

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 980 Ti is 53.7%. 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) 279fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 195fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 93,076 samples)
Rank 1996.7%
Min Avg Max
143 Lighting 308 366
143 Reflection 279 321
163 Parallax 320 377
96.5% 302 fps
Min Avg Max
145 MRender 192 215
148 Gravity 283 325
143 Splatting 195 228
96.8% 223 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94
125% Outstanding
Lighting 561
Reflection 309
Parallax 357
150% 409 fps
MRender 205
Gravity 316
Splatting 212
106% 244 fps
MSI(1462 3232)
CLim: 1651 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81
114% Outstanding
Lighting 369
Reflection 328
Parallax 398
117% 365 fps
MRender 220
Gravity 333
Splatting 207
111% 254 fps
Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16
108% Outstanding
Lighting 354
Reflection 311
Parallax 373
112% 346 fps
MRender 208
Gravity 318
Splatting 199
105% 241 fps
Gigabyte(1458 36B6)
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94
101% Outstanding
Lighting 317
Reflection 301
Parallax 332
100% 317 fps
MRender 198
Gravity 302
Splatting 204
102% 235 fps
Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94
89.6% Excellent
Lighting 324
Reflection 286
Parallax 332
101% 314 fps
MRender 202
Gravity 305
Splatting 0.3
81% 169 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

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

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 207 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 81 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 81 fps Overwatch: 122 fps League of Legends: 231 fps Fortnite: 124 fps Battlefield 1: 98 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 84 fps World of Warcraft: 97 fps DOTA 2: 154 fps World of Tanks: 115 fps Battlefield 4: 123 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 12,045,760 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 93,076 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $650 @ launch in May '15)
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EVGA(3842 4995) 14% 94% ± 15%
EVGA GTX 980 Ti 6GB ACX SC+ ACX 2.0+ w/BP
06G-P4-4995-KR
Gigabyte(1458 36B6) 8% 102% ± 12%
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti 6GB GV-N98TG1
GV-N98TG1 GAMING-6GD
AmazonUS $6907 months
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti 6GB Windforce 3X OC
GV-N98TWF3OC-6GD
MSI(1462 3233) 7% 98% ± 13%
MSI GTX 980 TI 6GB OC GOLDEN LE
GTX 980Ti GAMING 6G GOLDEN EDITION
AmazonUS $55011 months
MSI(1462 3232) 7% 96% ± 19%
MSI GTX 980 Ti 6GB Gaming
GTX 980TI GAMING 6G
Nvidia(10DE 1151) 7% 90% ± 13%
Asus(1043 855B) 6% 96% ± 20%
EVGA(3842 4996) 5% 107% ± 6%
Zotac(19DA 1396) 4% 107% ± 6%
EVGA(3842 1996) 4% 98% ± 16%
MSI(1462 3230) 4% 93% ± 13%
EVGA(3842 4998) 3% 107% ± 6%
EVGA(3842 4993) 3% 91% ± 23%
Zotac(19DA 1394) 2% 87% ± 13%
Asus(1043 8548) 2% 101% ± 6%
EVGA(3842 4992) 2% 94% ± 11%
EVGA GTX 980 Ti 6GB SC
06G-P4-4992-KR
Gigabyte(1458 36CB) 2% 86% ± 29%
Gigabyte(1458 36DD) 2% 106% ± 5%
Gigabyte(1458 36B7) 2% 100% ± 8%
Nvidia(10DE 17C8) 2% 100% ± 3%
EVGA(3842 4990) 1% 90% ± 5%
Asus(1043 855C) 1% 92% ± 3%
MSI(1462 3235) 1% 87% ± 23%
Asus(1043 8549) 1% 80% ± 22%
HP(103C 2B62) 1% 92% ± 5%
PNY(196E 1511) 1% 82% ± 16%
PNY(196E 1133) 1% 100% ± 4%
EVGA(3842 4991) 1% 77% ± 21%
MSI(1462 3250) 1% 104% ± 11%
EVGA(3842 5998) 1% 99% ± 8%
Gainward(10B0 17C8) 1% 104% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 0998) 1% 102% ± 2%
EVGA GTX 980 Ti 6GB Classified Gaming ACX 2.0+
06G-P4-0998-KR
AmazonUS $56016 months
MSI(1462 3236) 1% 84% ± 27%
Gigabyte(1458 36CF) 0% 107% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 4999) 0% 103% ± 13%
Asus(1043 854F) 0% 107% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 3996) 0% 88% ± 4%
Asus(1043 8546) 0% 99% ± 13%
ASUS GTX 980 Ti 6GB
GTX980TI-6GD5
BHPhotoUS $6602 years
AmazonUS $7432 years
Asus(1043 8565) 0% 112% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3252) 0% 106% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 3994) 0% 89% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 36DE) 0% 118% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 4997) 0% 95% ± 0%
Device(7377 0000) 0% 96% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 36E6) 0% 95% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 36CD) 0% 91% ± 0%
Sony(104D 90AC) 0% 109% ± 0%
Asus(1043 854B) 0% 109% ± 0%
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Desktop 86%
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Workstation 65%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $182

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $278Bench 88%, 226,051 samples7,370x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $238Bench 84%, 140,380 samples1,653x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $355Bench 96%, 211,346 samples1,066x
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GTX 980 TiNvidia  $550Bench 97%, 93,076 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $85Bench 106%, 319,548 samples1,249x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $102Bench 110%, 237,348 samples1,225x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 197%, 103,099 samples519x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 86%, 110,500 samples891x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 90%, 57,116 samples478x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 71%, 30,383 samples348x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $1,225

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 Comments

GPUPro
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918

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USA-User
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4,482

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 hrs ago.

great

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

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

DEU-User
Avatar level
2,857

Excellent

5 days ago.

Can run fortnite on Epic Settings and high Definition 1080p on 60 fps

GBR-User
Avatar level
2,830

Poor

1 month ago.

Great graphics card, amazing quality, amazing gaming experience, not as expensive as 1080ti and the 1080 ti is only abou %50 better, for gamers looking for great experience but with a budget limit, amazing card!

CAN-User
Avatar level
2,450

Excellent

12 days ago.

980 ti is similar to a 1070 while a rx 580 is similar to a 1060

ITA-User
Avatar level
2,125

Excellent

3 days ago.

I have it and it's a fantastic card

ESP-User
Avatar level
2,075

Excellent

14 days ago.

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

AUS-User
Avatar level
2,036

Excellent

8 days ago.

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

JPN-User
Avatar level
1,822

Excellent

1 hr ago.

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggggggggggggg

BGR-User
Avatar level
1,534

Excellent

1 month ago.

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

FIN-User
Avatar level
1,354

Good

59 mins ago.

It's fast lol xd

LTU-User
Avatar level
1,272

Good

11 months ago.

Awesome performance, but price is way too high

SAU-User
Avatar level
928

Excellent

2 months ago.

Very expensive due to it's release date

GPUPro
Avatar level
918

Outstanding

3 years ago.

gvrax
Avatar level
360

Terrible

14 months ago.

very high price & low energy efficiency

MitchCactus
Avatar level
158

Good

15 months ago.

1080ti wannabe xdxdxdlmao

nappydrew
Avatar level
32

Poor

13 months ago.

outdated for the price

blackwolf42
Avatar level
20

Good

18 months ago.

Overkill performance and price, price too...

cayampa
Avatar level
8

Excellent

14 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

12 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

21 months 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

12 months ago.

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

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

2 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

14 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

5 months ago.

High-end budget card

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