MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
vs
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition


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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 9.33 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE GPU ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2816 Shader 2560
96 Render Output Units 64
176 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition has a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.251GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE has a turbo clock of 1.114 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition is 1.822 GHz.

1.026 GHz Base Clock 1.683 GHz
1.114 GHz Boost Clock 1.822 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

250 W TDP 230 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

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

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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 1
-- 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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition 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 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

269 mm Length 300 mm
140 mm Height 148 mm
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

-- Part-no ZT-P10800C-10P
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2016
649 $ Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 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)

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 AMP Edition ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition
8 GB GDDR5X
42 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition
8 GB GDDR5X
79 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition
8 GB GDDR5X
111 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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