NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 980
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GeForce GTX 980 Price Summary
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About average — at AED 2,725, the GeForce GTX 980 is right around its typical 12-month price of AED 2,725. Not a standout deal.
Overview
The GeForce GTX 980 was NVIDIA's flagship Maxwell-architecture consumer GPU at launch in late 2014, succeeding the Kepler-based GTX 780 and representing the top of the GTX 900 series before the Ti variant arrived. It set a new standard for performance-per-watt in the high-end gaming segment.
The GTX 980 features 4GB of GDDR5 memory and a TDP of 165W, a notably low power draw for a flagship card of its generation. Maxwell's architectural efficiency meant the GTX 980 could match or exceed the performance of the previous-generation GTX 780 Ti while consuming significantly less power. It carries no hardware ray-tracing cores, no Tensor cores, and no DLSS capability.
Targeting 1440p gaming and 4K gaming at reduced settings, the GTX 980 was positioned for enthusiasts who wanted the best single-GPU gaming performance available at release. It is a legacy card today, but its launch represented a meaningful generational leap in efficiency for NVIDIA's flagship tier.
Technical Specifications
Architecture & Cores
- Architecture
- Maxwell
- Process Node
- TSMC 28nm
- CUDA Cores
- 2,048
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1,126 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1,216 MHz
Memory
- VRAM Capacity
- 4 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 256-bit
- Memory Speed
- 7 Gbps
- Bandwidth
- 224.3 GB/s
Connectivity & Power
- Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- TDP
- 165 W
- Power Connectors
- 2x 6-pin
- Released
- Sep 18, 2014