MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.11 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.27 TFLOPS.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC) has 16384 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.60 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 85.04 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC) is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 128 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip AD102-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 128
2816 Shader 16384
96 Render Output Units 176
176 Texture Units 512
0 Raytracing Cores 128

Memory

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC) has a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.313GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 1008 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE has a turbo clock of 1.114 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC) is 2.595 GHz.

1.026 GHz Base Clock 2.235 GHz
1.114 GHz Boost Clock 2.595 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE has 2 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC) is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

250 W TDP 450 W
-- TDP (up) 450 W
91 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC) is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 102 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC) 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 v2.1
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 Gaming LE supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC) 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 Addressable LED

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
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC) is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

269 mm Length 352 mm
140 mm Height 153 mm
40 mm Width 74 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE was released in Q2/2016.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4090 SG (1-Click OC) published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

-- Part-no 49NXM5MD6DSG
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2022
649 $ Launch Price 1,999 $
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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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