The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 341 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal is 51 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition.
NVIDIA TITAN X PascalMSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition
The NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal has the GP102-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition
Memory Size
12 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.251 GHz
1.775 GHz
Memory Speed
10.0 Gbps
7.1 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
480 GB/s
341 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
384 bit
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The graphics memory of the NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal clocks at 1.251 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition is 7.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.775 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition
Base Clock
1.417 GHz
1.190 GHz
Boost Clock
1.531 GHz
1.291 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition
TDP
250 W
250 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
91 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition
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
1
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition
Length
267 mm
269 mm
Height
111 mm
140 mm
Width
--
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
Additional data
Additional data
NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition
GPU Interface
PCIe 3.0 x 16
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q3/2016
Q3/2015
Launch Price
1,199 $
749 $
Structure size
16 nm
28 nm
Part-no
900-1G611-2500-000
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The NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.
The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.
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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 NVIDIA TITAN X Pascal +38.7 %
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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