MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC
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MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC Benchmark and Specs

All technical data and various benchmarks of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC are listed on this page. The graphics card is based on the GM204-400-A1 (Maxwell 2.0) graphics chip, which is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nm. The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC can operate up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 become.
FP32
5.24TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.28GHz
Memory
4GB GDDR5
TDP
165 W

Technical details

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC has 16 execution units with 2048 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 5.24 TFLOPS.

GPU Chip
GM204-400-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)
Streaming Multiprocessors
16
Shader
2048
Render Output Units
64
Texture Units
128

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC is equipped with 4 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The memory clock of the graphics card is 1.753 GHz and the speed is 7.01 Gbps.

Memory Size
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit

Clock Speeds

The base frequency of this graphics card is 1.178 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.279 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock
1.178 GHz+5 %
Boost Clock
1.279 GHz+5 %
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.

TDP
165 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC are cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 monitors can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC it is possible to operate a screen with a resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels. Furthermore, the DirectX standard version 12_1 is supported.

Max. resolution
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
Raytracing
No
DLSS / FSR
No
LED
No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists the video codecs that the MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC can decode or encode in hardware in order to minimize the processor load, which leads to lower power consumption.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 277 mm long, 135 mm high and 37 mm wide.

Length
277 mm
Height
135 mm
Width
37 mm
Width (Slots)
2 PCIe-Slots
Weight
826 g
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC was released in Q3/2015 at a price of 479 $. The graphics card manufactured in 28 nm is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q3/2015
Launch Price
479 $
Structure size
28 nm
Part-no
V317-034R
Documents
data sheet
MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC
1.178 GHz · 4 GB · 165 W TDP
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Benchmark results

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 Rank 4,599 / 5,255

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OCMSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC4 GB GDDR5
    33,716
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Average of gpu group
    32,921

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,234 / 5,233

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OCMSI GeForce GTX 980 4GD5T OC4 GB GDDR5
    40,637
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Average of gpu group
    40,046

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 10 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980.

104GPU points (Ø)
Rank 224 / 537 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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