NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti performance benchmarks

I’ve just got off the phone with Jensen. GeForce GTX 980 Ti may actually arrive before Computex.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti to arrive before AMD’s “Fiji”

The GTX 980 Ti reviews should be up before computer expo in Taipei. First review samples were already sent out, and we should be seeing more leaks in the coming days. We have been told that reviews might be posted next week. NVIDIA is allegedly planning a launch of SHIELD TV console on May 28th, so perhaps we will see 980 Ti at the same day?

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti specifications

From what I’ve been told, GeForce GTX 980 Ti should not be as fast as TITAN-X. It is very close though (the difference is likely related to cut-down chip. I asked Jensen if I’m right, and here is his response:

Jensen: As far as I know something was disabled, but our engineers are still figuring out what exactly.

Well, it’s not like someone will notice for few months anyway? But seriously, we will let you know the exact specs of GTX 980 Ti soon.

GeForce GTX980Ti is the newest card to join GeForce 900 series. According to our information GTX 980 Ti is using GM200-310 GPU.
Card is equipped with 6GB GDDR5 memory and 384-bit interface. The base clock is reportedly at the same frequency as TITAN-X, same goes for memory clock (no surprises here).

Update: well, that didn’t take long! Via OCN: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti may actually have 2816 CUDA Cores.

It means GTX 980 Ti GM200-310 has two SMMs (Streaming MultiProcessors Maxwell) disabled (22 active). So half of GPC cluster is gone. We do not know if ROPs are also affected (would NVIDIA risk disabling them like they did with 970?).

Hardware Battle

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti specifications (May 2015)
	GeForce GTX TITAN X	GeForce GTX 980 Ti	GeForce GTX 980
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GPU	28nm GM200-400	28nm GM200-310	28nm GM204-400
CUDA Cores	3072	2816	2048
TMUs	192	176	128
ROPs	96	TBC	64
Core clock	1002 MHz	1002 MHz	1127 MHz
Boost Clock	1089 MHz	TBC	1215 MHz
Memory Clock	1753 MHz	1753 MHz	1753 MHz
Memory Bus	384-bit	384-bit	256-bit
Memory	12GB GDDR5	6GB GDDR5	4GB GDDR5
Bandwidth	336 GB/s	336 GB/s	224 GB/s
TDP	250W	TBC	165W
Power Connectors	1x 6pin; 1x 8pin	1x 6pin; 1x 8pin	1x 6pin; 1x 8pin
Display Outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DP	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DP	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DP
MSRP	999 USD	TBC	549 USD

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Performance

Now, here’s what you were all waiting for. GeForce GTX 980 Ti has a lot of overclocking potential. Out of the box, you can expect TITAN-X experience. The difference between GM200-400 and GM200-310 is only seen in Performance Preset, it’s minimal. At this point it’s impossible to say if 980 Ti and TITANX differ in GPU configurations.

I’ve also included Radeon R9 300 benchmarks, both Hawaii-powered graphics cards. You can clearly see where AMD is aiming with these cards. R9 300 Hawaii XT will compete with GTX 980, while Hawaii PRO will help us forget about GTX 970 fiasco (should we even compare 8GB vs 3.5GB cards?). Also note, GTX 970 in this chart is overclocked, heavily overclocked.

As a bonus, we have first GTX 980 Ti SLI benchmarks. Just note that these are very fresh results. I will update this post if I receive more accurate results from Jensen. WhyCry Out.