MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G
vs
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G and the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G GPU ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2048 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 88
128 Texture Units 224
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower can access 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.376 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 484 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G clocks in the base with up to 1.216 GHz. The base frequency of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower is 1.480 GHz.

1.216 GHz Base Clock 1.480 GHz
1.317 GHz Boost Clock 1.582 GHz
1.29 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 980 GAMING 4G.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 36 mm wide.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower is 267 mm long, 112 mm high and 35 mm wide.

279 mm Length 267 mm
140 mm Height 112 mm
36 mm Width 35 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
936 g Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G was released in Q3/2014 at a price of 529 $.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower was introduced in Q1/2017 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

V317-008R Part-no ZT-P10810A-10P
Q3/2014 Release date Q1/2017
529 $ Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 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)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower
11 GB GDDR5X
56 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower
11 GB GDDR5X
104 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower
11 GB GDDR5X
146 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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