MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
vs
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.19 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.70 TFLOPS.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.22 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.98 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card GALAX GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC GPU GALAX GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
2816 Shader 2048
96 Render Output Units 64
176 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has a turbo clock of 1.190 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM is 1.216 GHz.

1.102 GHz Base Clock 1.126 GHz
1.190 GHz Boost Clock 1.216 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC 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 GTX 980 NVTTM is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

250 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM 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 v2.0
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR No
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 No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 No

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is 37 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM is 37 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

277 mm Length 267 mm
135 mm Height 111 mm
37 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC was released in Q3/2015.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 NVTTM published in Q3/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

-- Part-no 98NQH6DHXXXX
Q3/2015 Release date Q3/2014
649 $ Launch Price 499 $
28 nm Structure size 28 nm
-- Documents --

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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

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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