NVIDIA · 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is a graphics card released in 2014, based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture with 4 GB GDDR5 memory.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is a graphics card released on September 18, 2014, with a launch MSRP of 549 USD. It is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and uses the GM204-400 GPU chip fabricated on a 28 nm process. The card features 2048 shading units, a base clock of 1126 MHz, and a boost clock of 1216 MHz. It has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 224.3 GB/s. The board power (TDP) is 165 W. It uses a PCIe 3.0 x16 bus interface and supports DirectX 12.0 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2. The GeForce GTX 980 succeeded the GeForce GTX 780 and was succeeded by the GeForce GTX 1080.
Specifications
| Architecture unverified | Maxwell 2.0 |
|---|---|
| GPU chip unverified | GM204-400 |
| Process node unverified | 28 nm |
| Shading units | 2048 |
| Base clock unverified | 1126 MHz |
| Boost clock unverified | 1216 MHz |
| Memory size unverified | 4 GB |
| Memory type unverified | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus unverified | 256 bit |
| Memory bandwidth unverified | 224.3 GB/s |
| Board power (TDP) unverified | 165 W |
| Bus interface unverified | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX support unverified | 12.0 (12_1) |
| Vulkan support unverified | 1.2 |
| OpenGL support unverified | 4.6 |
| Release date unverified | 2014-09-18 |
| Release year unverified | 2014 |
| Launch MSRP unverified | 549 USD |
| Successor unverified | GeForce GTX 1080 |
| Predecessor unverified | GeForce GTX 780 |