GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Radeon 8065S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 8065S with GeForce GTX 980 Ti, including specs and performance data.

Radeon 8065S
2025
44.63
+35.2%

8065S outperforms 980 Ti by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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GTX 980 Ti GTX 980 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking98183
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data12.49
Power efficiencyno data10.07
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameno dataGM200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2025 (1 year ago)2 June 2015 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores402816
Core clock speedno data1000 MHz
Boost clock speed3000 MHz1075 MHz
Number of transistorsno data8,000 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data250 Watt
Texture fill rateno data189.4
Floating-point processing powerno data6.06 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data176
L1 Cacheno data1 MB
L2 Cacheno data3 MB

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Widthno data2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)no data600 Watt
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus widthno data384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data336.5 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
HDMI-+
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC support-+
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

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

GameStream-+
GeForce ShadowPlay-+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorks-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Radeon 8065S 44.63
+35.2%
GTX 980 Ti 33.02

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Radeon 8065S 18426
+35.1%
Samples: 1
GTX 980 Ti 13634
Samples: 14721

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD130−140
+30%
100
−30%
1440p65−70
+32.7%
49
−32.7%
4K65−70
+27.5%
51
−27.5%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data6.49
1440pno data13.24
4Kno data12.73

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Fortnite 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Valorant 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Dota 2 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Fortnite 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 34
+0%
34
+0%
Metro Exodus 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Valorant 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 94
+0%
94
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Dota 2 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Far Cry 5 77
+0%
77
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 72
+0%
72
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 72
+0%
72
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 59
+0%
59
+0%
Valorant 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 88
+0%
88
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 79
+0%
79
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44
+0%
44
+0%
Valorant 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 40
+0%
40
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Dota 2 132
+0%
132
+0%
Far Cry 5 30
+0%
30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 42
+0%
42
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 26
+0%
26
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 32
+0%
32
+0%

This is how Radeon 8065S and GTX 980 Ti compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 8065S is 30% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 8065S is 33% faster in 1440p
  • Radeon 8065S is 27% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 44.63 33.02
Recency 6 January 2025 2 June 2015

Radeon 8065S has a 35% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 9 years.

The Radeon 8065S is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 980 Ti in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 8065S is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a desktop one.

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