The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 341 GB/s.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is based on the graphics chip Navi 23 XL, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
Memory Size
6 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.775 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
7.1 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
341 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning clocks at 1.775 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.1 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
Base Clock
1.203 GHz
1.626 GHz
Boost Clock
1.304 GHz
2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
2.04 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
TDP
250 W
132 W
TDP (up)
--
140 W
Tjunction max
91 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 132 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
1x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
No
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
Decode
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
Sapphire Radeon RX 6600
Length
330 mm
193 mm
Height
140 mm
120 mm
Width
53 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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