The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio has 2944 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.07 TFLOPS.
The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference
Memory Size
8 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference
Base Clock
1.515 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
1.710 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio has a turbo clock of 1.710 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference is 1.178 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference
TDP
260 W
120 W
TDP (up)
310 W
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Tjunction max
88 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio 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 88 °C.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference is equipped with a 1 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 RTX 2080 Gaming Trio
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
1 x 65 mm
Fan 2
1 x 90 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
34 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
43 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio are cooled with a Air cooling.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
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1
USB-C
1
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The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
MSI Mystic Light
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
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 RTX 2080 Gaming Trio
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference
Length
327 mm
241 mm
Height
140 mm
111 mm
Width
56 mm
41 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
1,533 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Trio is 56 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 Reference is 56 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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.
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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