MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (Ampere) and has 24 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 936 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G has the GA102-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GA102-300-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Ampere Architecture Maxwell 2.0
82 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
10496 Shader 2816
112 Render Output Units 96
328 Texture Units 176
82 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G clocks at 1.219 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.5 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

24 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.219 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
19.5 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
936 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.395 GHz Base Clock 1.190 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.291 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 370 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

370 W TDP 250 W
380 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
38 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
MSI Mystic Light LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

323 mm Length 267 mm
140 mm Height 111 mm
56 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1565 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q3/2020.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+ came on the market in Q4/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

V388-011R Part-no 06G-P4-4996-KR
Q3/2020 Release date Q4/2015
1,589 $ Launch Price 699 $
8 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
119 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
137 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
118 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
198 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
211 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

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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