EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI)
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MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.08 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.06 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G has 8704 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.83 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 31.86 TFLOPS.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 68 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GA102-200-K1-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
2816 Shader 8704
96 Render Output Units 96
176 Texture Units 272
0 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G has a 10 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) has a turbo clock of 1.076 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G is 1.830 GHz.

1.000 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.076 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 91 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G is equipped with a 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

250 W TDP 370 W
-- TDP (up) 430 W
91 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 36-38 dB

Connectivity

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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 VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 323 mm
111 mm Height 140 mm
-- Width 56 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1537 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) was released in Q2/2015.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

06G-P4-3998-K1 Part-no --
Q2/2015 Release date Q1/2021
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G
10 GB GDDR6X
111 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G
10 GB GDDR6X
128 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G
10 GB GDDR6X
109 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G
10 GB GDDR6X
187 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING Z TRIO 10G
10 GB GDDR6X
213 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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