MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) and has 1024 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which has 2816 shaders and 22 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C
AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Polaris 21 XT GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1024 Shader 2816
16 Render Output Units 96
64 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 346 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.800 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.2 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 346 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC clocks in the base with up to 1.175 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C is 1.026 GHz.

1.175 GHz Base Clock 1.026 GHz
1.196 GHz Boost Clock 1.114 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC is 60 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

60 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 50 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C is 4096x2160 pixels.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC is 168 mm long, 69 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C is 287 mm long, 134 mm high and 51 mm wide.

168 mm Length 287 mm
69 mm Height 134 mm
39 mm Width 51 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX 560 2GT LP OC was released in Q2/2017 at a price of 99 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Gaming C was introduced in Q4/2015 at a price of 649 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-N98TXTREME C-6GD
Q2/2017 Release date Q4/2015
99 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
14 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

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)

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2 GB GDDR5
11 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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2 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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2 GB GDDR5
42 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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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