MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800


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 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 has 3840 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.11 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 16.17 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 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 60 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC GPU Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 2
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
2816 Shader 3840
96 Render Output Units 96
176 Texture Units 240
0 Raytracing Cores 60

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 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 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 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is 2.105 GHz.

1.102 GHz Base Clock 1.800 GHz
1.190 GHz Boost Clock 2.105 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.82 GHz
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 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

250 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 285 W
91 °C Tjunction max 100 °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 OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 37 dB

Connectivity

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

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 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 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

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

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 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 Non 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 / Encode
No VP9 Decode / Encode

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 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is 37 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

277 mm Length 267 mm
135 mm Height 120 mm
37 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 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 OC was released in Q3/2015.

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no 21305-01-20G
Q3/2015 Release date Q4/2020
649 $ Launch Price 579 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 7 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)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
7867

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
2931

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)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)

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)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
104 fps (avg)

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)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
195 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

MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
6 GB GDDR5
41973
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
126364

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
6 GB GDDR5
54522
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
128479

Geekbench 6 - Metal

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
165447

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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