NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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GeForce GTX 980 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 980 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Overview
Released
Released	June 2015	January 2024
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Maxwell	Ada Lovelace
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,816	10,240
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,075 MHz	2,550 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	Reference main figures follow NVIDIA's retained 900-series table. Photo shows MSI's reference-style GTX 980 Ti 6GD5. The first-sale date comes from TweakTown's contemporary coverage, which explicitly states announced and released June 1; the original maker launch page is retired.	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	Third-generation RT Cores; 121 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	Fourth-generation Tensor Cores; 836 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS	DLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1000 MHz; NVIDIA lists 1075 MHz boost, while MSI's GTX 980 Ti 6GD5 datasheet lists 1076 MHz.	2.29 GHz
Cache
Cache	–	64 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	6 GB GDDR5	16 GB GDDR6X (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	384-bit (better)	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	736 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	7 Gbps GDDR5; MSI lists 7010 MHz effective memory speed. Numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker sources used do not publish it.	GDDR6X at 23 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	250 W (better)	320 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.2, 1 × HDMI and 1 × dual-link DVI-I (MSI GTX 980 Ti 6GD5); MSI's datasheet does not state the HDMI version.	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	–	4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC, HDR
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin	1 × 450 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 3 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W	750 W
Slot width
Slot width	–	3-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	275 × 110 × 37 mm and 920 g (MSI GTX 980 Ti 6GD5)	304 × 137 mm, 3-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	–	2 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode