MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC
vs
Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC 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.

The Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB is based on the Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB (Alchemist) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 560 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB is based on the graphics chip ACM-G10, which comes from the Alchemist architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC GPU Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip ACM-G10
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Alchemist
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 512
2816 Shader 4096
96 Render Output Units 128
176 Texture Units 256
0 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB is 17.5 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.188 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.188 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 17.5 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 560 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.102 GHz Base Clock 2.100 GHz
1.190 GHz Boost Clock 2.100 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 225 W.

250 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max Unknown
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 --
-- 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 980 Ti Armor 2X OC.

The Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

277 mm Length --
135 mm Height --
37 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Armor 2X OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q3/2015.

The Intel Arc A770 Graphics 16GB came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 6 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2015 Release date Q4/2022
649 $ Launch Price 329 $
28 nm Structure size 6 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)

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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