The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE has 2816 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.11 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 6.27 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 68 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE.
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 5 architecture, which has 56 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
Memory Size
8 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
GDDR5
Memory Clock
0.800 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
1.6 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
410 GB/s
337 GB/s
Memory Interface
2,048 bit
384 bit
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory, which is equipped with 0.800 GHz clocks.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
Base Clock
1.156 GHz
1.026 GHz
Boost Clock
1.471 GHz
1.114 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has a turbo clock of 1.471 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is 1.114 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
TDP
210 W
250 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
91 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
37 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
49 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
--
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.2
DVI
--
1
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version --.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
No
AV1
No
No
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
Length
280 mm
269 mm
Height
127 mm
140 mm
Width
40 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
1,090 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
Additional data
Additional data
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
GPU Interface
PCIe 3.0 x 16
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q3/2017
Q2/2016
Launch Price
399 $
649 $
Structure size
14 nm
28 nm
Part-no
RXVEGA56-8G
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 was released in Q3/2017.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASUS Radeon RX Vega 56 +21.5 %
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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