The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning has 2816 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.30 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 7.34 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is 47 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 980.
Gainward GeForce GTX 980MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Memory Size
4 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.775 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.1 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
341 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
384 bit
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.775GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Base Clock
1.127 GHz
1.203 GHz
Boost Clock
1.216 GHz
1.304 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 has a turbo clock of 1.216 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is 1.304 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
TDP
165 W
250 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
91 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
3 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Max. resolution
4096x2160
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce GTX 980
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Length
267 mm
330 mm
Height
112 mm
140 mm
Width
--
53 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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 MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning +44.1 %
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) MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning +47.4 %
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