NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1075 MHz
2194.9x more texture fill rate: 386.3 GTexel/s vs 176 billion / sec
2.6x more pipelines: 7424 vs 2816
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 28 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
285.7x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 931 vs 852
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24971 vs 13758
3.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4179 vs 1321
3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 159976 vs 42988

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 2 June 2015
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s vs 176 billion / sec
Pipelines	7424 vs 2816
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	931 vs 852
PassMark - G3D Mark	24971 vs 13758
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4179 vs 1321
Geekbench - OpenCL	159976 vs 42988

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

931

852

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24971

13758

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4179

1321

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

159976

42988

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	931	852
PassMark - G3D Mark	24971	13758
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4179	1321
Geekbench - OpenCL	159976	42988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		788.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3338

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	AD104	GM200
Launch date	2023	2 June 2015
Place in performance rating	49	310
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$679.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		23.43
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1075 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	386.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	24.72 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	24.72 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7424	2816
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s	176 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	8,000 million
CUDA cores		2816
Floating-point performance		6,060 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin + 8-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		600 Watt
SLI options		4x
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	336.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround