MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
vs
INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.77 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.06 TFLOPS.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 2816 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.08 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 6.06 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G GPU INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Pascal Architecture Maxwell 2.0
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2560 Shader 2816
64 Render Output Units 96
160 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.251 GHz clocks.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G has a turbo clock of 1.771 GHz. The turbo frequency of the INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 1.076 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.000 GHz
1.771 GHz Boost Clock 1.076 GHz
1.76 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G 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 94 °C.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.

180 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

279 mm Length 267 mm
140 mm Height 111 mm
42 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1100 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G was released in Q2/2016.

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti published in Q2/2015 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

-- Part-no N98T-1DDN-N5HN
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2015
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

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 GTX 1080 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
77 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
108 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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