MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE
Benchmark and Specs


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Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE. The graphics card is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s. The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE has 22 execution units with 2816 shaders.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE has 2816 shaders and 22 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 6.27 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
Raytracing Cores: 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE can use 6 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s on a 384 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size: 6 GB
Memory Type: GDDR5
Memory Clock: 1.753 GHz
Memory Speed: 7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth: 337 GB/s
Memory Interface: 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The base clock frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE is 1.026 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock: 1.026 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 3 %
Boost Clock: 1.114 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 %
Avg (Game) Clock:
Overclocking: Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP: 250 W
TDP (up): --
Tjunction max: 91 °C
PCIe-Power: 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE has a total of 3 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE has a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_1 standard.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE is 330 mm long and 140 mm high. With a width of 53 mm, the graphics card requires 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length: 330 mm
Height: 140 mm
Width: 53 mm
Width (Slots): 3 PCIe-Slots
Weight: --

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE made in 28 nm was published in Q3/2015 for 699 $.

GPU Interface: PCIe 3 x 16
Release date: Q3/2015
Launch Price: 699 $
Structure size: 28 nm
Part-no: --
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

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

MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE
6 GB GDDR5
39280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Average of gpu group
40135

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE
6 GB GDDR5
51023
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Average of gpu group
54033

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)

More benchmarks

In order to determine the performance of a graphics card, so-called "benchmarks" are carried out. The benchmark software carries out special calculations to determine the performance of a graphics card. We use so-called theoretical or synthetic benchmarks (e.g. 3D Mark) as well as real game benchmarks. To ensure real comparability of the results, we pay attention to the correct execution of the benchmarks as well as the condition of the graphics card and the system.

We use the following benchmarks to measure the performance of a graphics card:

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