PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X Overclocked RGB Triple Fan
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X Overclocked RGB Triple Fan is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Ada Lovelace) and has 16 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 736 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC 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 PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X Overclocked RGB Triple Fan has the AD103-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X Overclocked RGB Triple Fan GPU MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AD103-300-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Ada Lovelace Architecture Maxwell 2.0
76 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
9728 Shader 2816
112 Render Output Units 96
304 Texture Units 176
76 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X Overclocked RGB Triple Fan clocks at 1.438 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 23.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.438 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
23.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
736 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

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

2.210 GHz Base Clock 1.102 GHz
2.550 GHz Boost Clock 1.190 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X Overclocked RGB Triple Fan is powered by 1 x 16-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 320 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

320 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X Overclocked RGB Triple Fan is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X Overclocked RGB Triple Fan.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC 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 PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X Overclocked RGB Triple Fan 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 OC is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
Addressable LED 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 PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X Overclocked RGB Triple Fan is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 4 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

332 mm Length 277 mm
137 mm Height 135 mm
71 mm Width 37 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X Overclocked RGB Triple Fan has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q4/2022.

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

VCG408016TFXXPB1-O Part-no --
Q4/2022 Release date Q3/2015
1,199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $
5 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

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)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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