ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Turing) and has 11 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 616 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC is based on the graphics chip TU102, which comes from the Turing architecture.
ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip TU102
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
2048 Shader 4352
64 Render Output Units 88
128 Texture Units 272
0 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 616 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.178 GHz Base Clock 1.350 GHz
1.279 GHz Boost Clock 1.635 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.55 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 260 W.

165 W TDP 260 W
-- TDP (up) 320 W
98 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Hybrid cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 42-43 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

With the ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

27 mm Length 268 mm
137 mm Height 112 mm
41 mm Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1106 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 980 Platinum has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q4/2014.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC came on the market in Q3/2018 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

POSEIDON-GTX980-P-4GD5 Part-no --
Q4/2014 Release date Q3/2018
599 $ Launch Price 1,599 $
28 nm Structure size 12 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC
11 GB GDDR6
151 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC
11 GB GDDR6
206 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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