Spec for spec, this TITAN V leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the TITAN Xp, by boasting 11.2 % more fps. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The TITAN V consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the TITAN Xp and it really justifies an upgrade.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Forspoken, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Atomic Heart, Halo Infinite, Assassin's Creed Valhalla at 61 fps to 68 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Marvel's Avengers, Total War: Warhammer III, Metro Exodus, Cyberpunk 2077, Borderlands 3 at 62 fps to 66 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Resident Evil 2, Far Cry 5, Resident Evil 4, Far Cry New Dawn, Death Stranding at 60 fps to 63 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 62 fps.
The good news is, with the release of the GTX 980 Ti, the GTX 980 's price is getting more discount. The GTX 980 is much more cheaper than the GTX 780 as it costs $ 549. Compare this to the GTX 780, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti, which came originally at a price of $ 649, $ 699. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the R9 Nano which costs $ 649.
Spec for spec, this GTX 980 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 780, by boasting 32.3 % more fps. The GTX 980 has 4 GB RAM compared to the GTX 780 's 3 GB video memory.
Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, R9 Nano, the GTX 980 was 3.8 % faster. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 980 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 780, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti and it really justifies an upgrade.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Hitman 3, Final Fantasy XV, Godfall, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Guardians of the Galaxy at 61 fps to 62 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 62 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Forza Horizon 4, Overwatch 2, Strange Brigade, Fallout 76 at 61 fps to 67 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 100 fps to 100 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 100 fps.
| Year | Game | Frames Per Second |
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| 2019 | Apex Legends |
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| 2019 | Anthem |
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| 2019 | Far Cry New Dawn |
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| 2019 | Resident Evil 2 |
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| 2019 | Metro Exodus |
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| 2019 | World War Z |
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| 2019 | Gears of War 5 |
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| 2019 | F1 2019 |
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| 2019 | GreedFall |
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| 2019 | Borderlands 3 |
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| 2019 | Call of Duty Modern Warfare |
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| 2019 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
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| 2019 | Need For Speed: Heat |
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| 2018 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 |
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| 2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey |
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| 2018 | Final Fantasy XV |
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| 2018 | Shadow of the Tomb Raider |
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| 2018 | Forza Horizon 4 |
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| 2018 | Fallout 76 |
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| 2018 | Hitman 2 |
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| 2018 | Just Cause 4 |
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| 2018 | Monster Hunter: World |
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| 2018 | Strange Brigade |
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| 2018 | Battlefield V |
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| 2017 | Assassin's Creed Origins |
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| 2017 | Destiny 2 |
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| 2017 | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds |
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| 2017 | Fortnite Battle Royale |
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| 2017 | Need For Speed: Payback |
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| 2017 | For Honor |
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| 2017 | Project CARS 2 |
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| 2017 | Forza Motorsport 7 |
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| 2016 | Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation |
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| 2016 | Battlefield 1 |
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| 2016 | Overwatch |
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| 2016 | Dishonored 2 |
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| 2015 | Grand Theft Auto V |
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| 2015 | Rocket League |
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| 2015 | Need For Speed |
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| 2015 | Project CARS |
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| 2015 | Rainbow Six Siege |
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| 2012 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
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| 2009 | League of Legends |
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| TITAN V | GTX 980 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | PG500 SKU 0 | PG401 |
| Length | 10.5 inches 267 mm | 10.5 inches 267 mm |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 250 W | 165 W |
| TITAN V | GTX 980 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1455 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1200 MHz | 1127 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 850 MHz 1700 MHz effective | 1753 MHz 7012 MHz effective |
| TITAN V | GTX 980 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 1000 | GeForce 900 |
| Launch Price | 2,999 USD | 549 USD |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Release Date | Dec 7th, 2017 | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| TITAN V | GTX 980 | |
|---|---|---|
| CUDA | 7 | 5.2 |
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.82 |
| TITAN V | GTX 980 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Volta | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Die Size | 815 mm² | 398 mm² |
| GPU Name | GV100 | GM204 |
| GPU Variant | GV100-400-A1 | GM204-400-A1 |
| Process Size | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 21,100 million | 5,200 million |
| TITAN V | GTX 980 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 652.8 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 3072 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Size | 12288 MB | 4096 MB |
| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
| TITAN V | GTX 980 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 96 | 64 |
| Shading Units | 5120 | 2048 |
| TMUs | 320 | 128 |
| TITAN V | GTX 980 | |
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| FP32 (float) performance | 14,899 GFLOPS | 4,981 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 7,450 GFLOPS (1:2) | 155.6 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| Pixel Rate | 139.7 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 465.6 GTexel/s | 155.6 GTexel/s |
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