MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1664 Shader 2816
56 Render Output Units 96
104 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

4 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
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.140 GHz Base Clock 1.190 GHz
1.279 GHz Boost Clock 1.279 GHz
1.25 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

145 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

277 mm Length 296 mm
140 mm Height 120 mm
35 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
845 g Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q4/2016.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming came on the market in Q2/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no GV-N98TG1 GAMING-6GD
Q4/2016 Release date Q2/2015
329 $ Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 28 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

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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