EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ V3
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ V3 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ V3 has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is based on the graphics chip GA106-150-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ V3 GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2816 Shader 2560
96 Render Output Units 48
176 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ V3 clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.190 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.291 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ V3 is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 115 W.

250 W TDP 115 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ V3 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ V3.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ V3 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 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ V3 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

279 mm Length 168 mm
151 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 437 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ V3 has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q1/2016.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

06G-P4-4998-KR Part-no --
Q1/2016 Release date Q4/2022
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 8 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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