ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and has 10752 texture shaders and 84 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti GPU MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GA102-350-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
84 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
10752 Shader 2048
112 Render Output Units 64
336 Texture Units 128
84 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1008 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

24 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.313 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
21.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
1008 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti clocks in the base with up to 1.670 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC is 1.178 GHz.

1.670 GHz Base Clock 1.178 GHz
1.890 GHz Boost Clock 1.279 GHz
1.86 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is 450 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 16-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

450 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
92 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is 326 mm long, 140 mm high and 63 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC is 277 mm long, 135 mm high and 37 mm wide.

326 mm Length 277 mm
140 mm Height 135 mm
63 mm Width 37 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 826 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 1,999 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC was introduced in Q3/2015 at a price of 479 $.

-- Part-no V317-034R
Q1/2022 Release date Q3/2015
1,999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 479 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet 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)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24 GB GDDR6X
71 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24 GB GDDR6X
88 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24 GB GDDR6X
127 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24 GB GDDR6X
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24 GB GDDR6X
102 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24 GB GDDR6X
152 fps (avg)

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)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24 GB GDDR6X
127 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24 GB GDDR6X
203 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24 GB GDDR6X
203 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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