AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
73
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Value for money (0-100)
25.96
TeraScale 3
Architecture
Maxwell
Cayman
Code name
GM200
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
2 June 2015 (6 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$649
$17.44
Price now
$629 (1x MSRP)
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Value for money
27.96
Cayman
GPU code name
GM200
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
2816
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Core clock speed
1000 MHz
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Boost Clock
1075 MHz
2,640 million
Transistor count
8,000 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
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Texture fill rate
176 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
6,060 gflops
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CUDA cores
2816
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
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Boost clock speed
1075 MHz
2,640 million
Number of transistors
8,000 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
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Supplementary power connectors
6-pin + 8-pin
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SLI options
+
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Recommended system power (PSU)
600 Watt
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
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Memory bus width
384 Bit
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Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
336.5 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Surround
+
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Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
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GameStream
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Cayman

Cheaper ($17.44 vs $629 (1x MSRP))

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

63.55% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2816 vs 1536)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti .

AMD Cayman versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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