MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning Benchmark and Specs

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning has 22 execution units with 2816 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 7.34 TFLOPS.

Based on

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

GPU Chip

GM200-310-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)

Streaming Multiprocessors

22

Shader

2816

Render Output Units

96

Texture Units

176

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is equipped with 6 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The memory clock of the graphics card is 1.775 GHz and the speed is 7.1 Gbps.

Memory Size

6 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Clock

1.775 GHz

Memory Speed

7.1 Gbps

Memory bandwidth

341 GB/s

Memory Interface

384 bit

The base frequency of this graphics card is 1.203 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.304 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock

1.203 GHz+20 %

Boost Clock

1.304 GHz+21 %

Overclocking

Yes

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

TDP

250 W

Tjunction max

91 °C

PCIe-Power

1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning are cooled by a Air cooling.

Fan-Type

Axial

Fan 1

3 x 90 mm

Cooler-Type

Air cooling

Noise (Idle)

0 dB / Silent

Up to 4 monitors can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning.

Max. Displays

4

HDCP

2.2

HDMI

1x HDMI 2.0

DisplayPort

3x DP 1.2

DVI

1

With the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning 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

This area lists the video codecs that the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning 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

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 330 mm long, 140 mm high and 53 mm wide.

Length

330 mm

Height

140 mm

Width

53 mm

Width (Slots)

3 PCIe-Slots

SFF-Ready

No

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning was released in Q3/2015 at a price of 799 $. 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

799 $

Structure size

28 nm