[ GEFORCE ]
Graphics Cards
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Overall Score
21/100
Key Technical Specifications
Graphics (GPU)
Maxwell 2.0
[ EXPERT VERDICT · SUMMARY ]
GeForce GTX 980 Ti is an engineering-tested graphics cards achieving an overall rating of 21/100. It is positioned for balanced everyday compute and power efficiency.
Benchmark Performance Scores
Normalized 0–100 Scale
Efficiency
Rating: Poor
1/100
Gaming
Rating: Poor
19/100
Detailed Technical Specifications
3D Mark
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Fire Strike | 19504 |
| Night Raid | 70127 |
| Port Royal | 3250 |
| Time Spy | 5855 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 11870 |
API
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| CUDA | 5.2 |
| DLSS | No |
| DirectX | 12 |
| DisplayPort | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
| Ray Tracing | No |
| Vulkan | 1.3 |
Games
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| 1080p High | 71 |
| 1080p Ultra | 55 |
| 1440p Ultra | 39 |
| 4K Ultra | 20 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 57463123 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 133916730 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 43442411 |
| Far Cry 6 | 73614525 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 88514027 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 41332412 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 44342512 |
| Margin of Error | Low |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 76704722 |
| The Witcher 3 | 83664622 |
GeekBench 6 ML
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Backend | DirectML |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 11660 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 8201 |
| Framework | ONNX |
| Image Classification (SP) | 3173 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 4916 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 7407 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2607 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 4123 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 27221 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 55570 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1675 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| API | OpenCL |
| Background Blur | 134.8 img/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.79 Gpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 59.8 img/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.46 Gpixels/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.37 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 4183.6 FPS |
| Stereo Matching | 191.9 Gpixels/sec |
General
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Build | Discrete |
| Case | Desktop |
| GPU Codename | GM200 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 |
| Purpose | Gaming |
| Released | June 2, 2015 |
| Segment | High-end |
| Successor | -GeForce RTX 3080 Ti |
| Vendor | Nvidia |
Graphics Processing Unit
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Base Clock | 1000 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1076 MHz |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 22 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC |
| L1 Cache | 48KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 3MB shared |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 96 |
| Shading Units | 2816 |
| Tensor Cores | No |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 176 |
Memory
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Bus | 384-bit |
| ECC | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 7000 Mbps |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz |
| Memory Size | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
Passmark Graphics
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| DirectX 11 | 106 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 55 FPS |
| G2D Mark | 848 |
| GPU Compute | 6091 Ops/s |
Physical
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Die Size | 601 mm² |
| Fabrication Process | 28 nm |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC |
| TGP | 250 W |
| Transistor Count | 8 billion |
| Transistor Density | 13.31 MTr/mm² |
Raw Performance
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 103 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 189 GTexel/s |
Strengths & Limitations
Key Advantages
- Comprehensive positive benchmark metrics recorded.
Key Considerations
- No major hardware limitations flagged during benchmark run.
Direct Competitors & Alternatives
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98/100
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Methodology, Provenance & Verification
Score version 2026.1 · Data verified 2026-08-26 · Source: official manufacturer datasheets and standardized reproducible benchmark suites (Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark).