ROG Ally Extreme 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 ranking137not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.35no data
Power efficiency9.84no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM200Phoenix
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 June 2015 (9 years ago)13 June 2023 (1 year ago)
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 cores2816768
Core clock speed1000 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1075 MHz2700 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate189.4129.6
Floating-point processing power6.06 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs9632
TMUs17648
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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 mm280 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-pinNone
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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.5 GB/s51.2 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 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)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 June 2015 13 June 2023
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 30 Watt

ROG Ally Extreme GPU has an age advantage of 8 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 733.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 Ti and ROG Ally Extreme GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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