Playstation 5 Pro GPU vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking133not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.29no data
Power efficiency10.31no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM200Oberon Plus
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 June 2015 (9 years ago)7 November 2024
Launch price (MSRP)$649 $699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores28163840
Core clock speed1000 MHz2800 MHz
Boost clock speed1075 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,000 million10,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate189.4672.0
Floating-point processing power6.06 TFLOPS21.5 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs176240

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mm390 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.5 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.21x HDMI 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)N/A
Shader Model6.4N/A
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 June 2015 7 November 2024
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 180 Watt

Playstation 5 Pro GPU has an age advantage of 9 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 38.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Playstation 5 Pro GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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