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FORSA GTX 980

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General

Series	GTX 900
Model	GTX 980
Chip	GTX 980
Launch Year	2014
Release Date	9/19/2014
Launch MSRP	$549

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Architecture

Architecture	Maxwell 2.0
GPU Die	GM204 (GM204-400-A1)
Foundry	TSMC · 28 nm
Transistors	5.2 billion
Die Size	398 mm²

Cores

Shading Units	2048
TMUs	128
ROPs	64
SM / CU	16
L2 Cache	2 MB

Memory

VRAM	4 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5
Memory Bus	256-bit
Memory Speed	7 Gbps

Clocks and Power

Base Clock	1127 MHz
Boost Clock	1216 MHz
TDP	165 W
Power Connector	6-pin
Recommended PSU	450 W

Compute (TFLOPS)

FP32	4.98 TFLOPS
FP16	4.98 TFLOPS
FP64	0.16 TFLOPS

Display Outputs

HDMI	1×
DisplayPort	3×
DVI	1×

Cooling

Fan Count	1
Liquid Cooling	✗ No

Physical

Length	267 mm
Width	40 mm
Height	111 mm
Slot Width	2 slot

Interface

PCIe Version	3.0
PCIe Lanes	x16

Software and Technologies

API Support	DirectX 12 (12_1) Vulkan 1.4 OpenCL 3.0 OpenGL 4.6 Shader Model 6.8
Hardware Encoder	1x NVENC (5th Gen) 1x NVDEC (1st Gen)
Encoding	H.265 (4K YUV 4:2:0) H.264 (YUV 4:2:0 / YUV 4:4:4 / Lossless)
Decoding	H.265 (8bit 4:2:0 / 10bit 4:2:0) H.264 (8bit 4:2:0) VP9 (8bit) VP8 VC-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-1