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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Memory Size
6 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
337 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
256 bit
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Base Clock
1.102 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
1.190 GHz
1.216 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has a turbo clock of 1.190 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is 1.216 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
TDP
250 W
165 W
Tjunction max
91 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC are cooled with a Air cooling.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Max. resolution
4096x2160
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Length
277 mm
267 mm
Height
135 mm
111 mm
Width
37 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is 37 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
Additional data
Additional data
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU Interface
PCIe 3 x 16
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q3/2015
Q3/2014
Launch Price
649 $
499 $
Structure size
28 nm
28 nm
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC was released in Q3/2015.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 published in Q3/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.
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 MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC +37.2 %
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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