MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE
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MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE 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.
FP32
6.27TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.11GHz
Memory
6GB GDDR5
TDP
250 W

Technical details

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.

GPU Chip
GM200-310-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)
Streaming Multiprocessors
22
Shader
2816
Render Output Units
96
Texture Units
176

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 GHz+3 %
Boost Clock
1.114 GHz+4 %
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
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
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

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

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

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
SFF-Ready
No

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
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE
1.026 GHz · 6 GB · 250 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 4,412 / 5,255

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LEMSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE6 GB GDDR5
    39,280
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiAverage of gpu group
    40,135

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 3,985 / 5,233

  1. MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LEMSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE6 GB GDDR5
    51,023
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiAverage of gpu group
    54,033

MonkeyBench 2026.3 · browser GPU test

Average of 4 public MonkeyBench results (WebGPU) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

159GPU points (Ø)
Rank 154 / 524 · in the MonkeyBench GPU ranking

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