MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.08 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.06 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G has 4352 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.55 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 22.19 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 34 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti GPU MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 TI (8GB)
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip AD106-350-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 34
2816 Shader 4352
96 Render Output Units 48
176 Texture Units 136
0 Raytracing Cores 34

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti has a turbo clock of 1.076 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G is 2.550 GHz.

1.000 GHz Base Clock 2.310 GHz
1.076 GHz Boost Clock 2.550 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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 91 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

250 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

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 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 247 mm
111 mm Height 130 mm
38 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 661 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released in Q2/2015.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G published in Q2/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2015 Release date Q2/2023
699 $ Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 5 nm
-- 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
101 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
22 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
101 fps (avg)

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 RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
89 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
153 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
191 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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