MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.13 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G has 640 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.46 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.86 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 5 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip GP107-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 5
2048 Shader 640
64 Render Output Units 32
128 Texture Units 40
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.752GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.752 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 has a turbo clock of 1.252 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G is 1.455 GHz.

1.152 GHz Base Clock 1.354 GHz
1.252 GHz Boost Clock 1.455 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 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 1050 2G is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

165 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

269 mm Length 177 mm
111 mm Height 118 mm
38 mm Width 34 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 330 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5 OCV1 was released in Q4/2014.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

V317-005R Part-no --
Q4/2014 Release date Q3/2016
509 $ Launch Price 109 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 14 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

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 1050 2G MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G
2 GB GDDR5
14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G
2 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2G
2 GB GDDR5
35 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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