In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING and the MSI Radeon VII 16G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon VII 16G is 135 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMINGMSI Radeon VII 16G
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.
MSI Radeon VII 16G is based on AMD Radeon VII, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Memory Size
4 GB
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
HBM2
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.000 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
2.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
1,024 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
4,096 bit
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G can access 16 GB HBM2 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1024 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Base Clock
1.253 GHz
1.400 GHz
Boost Clock
1.354 GHz
1.750 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.33 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING clocks in the base with up to 1.253 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon VII 16G is 1.400 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING
MSI Radeon VII 16G
TDP
165 W
300 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
99 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Fan-Type
Axial (Radiator)
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 120 mm
3 x 75 mm
Cooler-Type
AIO water cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
32 dB
Noise (Load)
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52 dB
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING has a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) fans.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
2
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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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Non addressable LED
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon VII 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING
MSI Radeon VII 16G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode / Encode
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
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING
MSI Radeon VII 16G
Length
272 mm
267 mm
Height
113 mm
121 mm
Width
37 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
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1,280 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE GAMING is 272 mm long, 113 mm high and 37 mm wide.
The MSI Radeon VII 16G is 267 mm long, 121 mm high and 40 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 MSI Radeon VII 16G +123.6 %
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.
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