MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME
vs
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME and the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and has 1024 texture shaders and 8 execution units.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which has 2816 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME GPU KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1024 Shader 2816
32 Render Output Units 96
64 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME clocks in the base with up to 1.241 GHz. The base frequency of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC is 1.203 GHz.

1.241 GHz Base Clock 1.203 GHz
1.304 GHz Boost Clock 1.304 GHz
1.25 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 2 x 80 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC is 4096x2160 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 No

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME is 267 mm long, 139 mm high and 48 mm wide.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC is 316 mm long, 150 mm high and 42 mm wide.

267 mm Length 316 mm
139 mm Height 150 mm
48 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
860 g Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 100ME was released in Q1/2015 at a price of 249 $.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF LN2 GOC was introduced in Q2/2015 at a price of 649 $ (Reference).

V320-005R Part-no 98IRH5DHH6HV
Q1/2015 Release date Q2/2015
249 $ Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
28 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

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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