Comparing GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING vs Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Extreme

gpu GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING item

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
• GPU Chip
  GM204-400-A1 (Maxwell 2.0) GM204-400-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)
• Execution units
  16 16
• Shader
  2048 2048
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  128 128

• Memory Size
  4 GB 4 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Clock
  1.753 GHz 1.800 GHz
• Memory Speed
  7.01 Gbps 7.2 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  224 GB/s 230 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

• Base Clock
  1.253 GHz+ 11 % 1.291 GHz+ 15 %
• Boost Clock
  1.354 GHz+ 11 % 1.393 GHz+ 15 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.329 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

• TDP
  165 W 165 W
• Tjunction max
  98 \xc2\xb0C 98 \xc2\xb0C
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

• Fan-Type
  Axial (Radiator) Axial
• Fan 1
  1 x 120 mm 3 x 85 mm
• Cooler-Type
  AIO water cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0 1x HDMI v2.0
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.2 3x DP v1.2
• DVI Ports
  2 1

• Max. resolution
  4096x2160 4096x2160
• DirectX
  12_1 12_1
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  No No
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No

• Length
  272 mm 300 mm
• Height
  113 mm 141 mm
• Width
  37 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3 x 16 PCIe 3 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2014
• Launch Price
  599 $ 549 $
• Structure size
  28 nm 28 nm
• Part-no
  GV-N980WAOC-4GD ZT-90203-10P
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet