In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 and the MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 is 249 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC.
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC
The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, which has 1024 shaders and 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC
Memory Size
8 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.251 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
10.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC
Base Clock
1.607 GHz
1.178 GHz
Boost Clock
1.733 GHz
1.241 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC is 1.178 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC
TDP
180 W
120 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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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 Turbo GeForce GTX 1080.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC
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 Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC
Length
267 mm
273 mm
Height
111 mm
130 mm
Width
38 mm
37 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
--
593 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GD5T OC is 273 mm long, 130 mm high and 37 mm wide.
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 Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 +224.4 %
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.
FP32 (TFLOPS) ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 +249.2 %
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