NVIDIA 6x GeForce RTX 5090 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

NVIDIA 6x GeForce RTX 5090 $11,994
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti $649
6x 21760 Shaders
192GB (6x 32GB) GDDR7
2407MHz
2816 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1075MHz
Peak AI Performance
20.11 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
24.22 TOPS
INT8
FP32
628.52 TFLOPS
FP32
6.05 TFLOPS
FP16
628.52 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
6x 2.1-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
3450W
TDP
250W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce 50
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV192
GB202
Variant
GB202-300-A1
Codename
NV120
GM200
Variant
GM200-310
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
Release Date
6/1/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
6x 762 mm²
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Die Size
601 mm²
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Transistor Count
6x 92.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
8 Billion
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Transistor Density
121.07M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.31M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
6x 21760 Shaders
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Shading Units
2816 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
6x 680 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
176 TMUs
Render Output Units
6x 176 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
6x 680 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
6x 170 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
6x 170 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
22 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
6x 11 GPCs
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2010MHz Base
2407MHz
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1000MHz Base
1075MHz
Peak AI Performance
20.11 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
24.22 TOPS
INT8
FP4
10.06 PFLOPS Tensor
20.11 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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5.03 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
10.06 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
2.51 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
5.03 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
628.52 TFLOPS
2.51 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
5.03 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
1.26 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
2.51 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP32
628.52 TFLOPS
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FP32
6.05 TFLOPS
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FP64
9.82 TFLOPS
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FP64
190 GFLOPS
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BF16
628.52 TFLOPS
1.26 PFLOPS Tensor
2.51 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
628.52 TFLOPS Tensor
1.26 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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5.03 POPS Tensor
10.06 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
24.22 TOPS
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INT32
628.52 TOPS
INT32
6.05 TOPS
Ray Tracing
317.7 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
423.632 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
103.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1636.76 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
189.2 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
96MB Shared
L2
3MB Shared
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192GB (6x 32GB)
GDDR7
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6GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
512Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
2210MHz
Transfer Rate
28GT/s
Bandwidth
1792GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
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TDP
3450W
TDP
250W
Temp
90°C Max
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18x DisplayPort 2.1
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6x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
3x NVENC 9
Model
2x NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
2x NVDEC 6
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.1
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
304 mm (11.97 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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