Comparing ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition vs MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC

gpu ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti 20th Anniversary Gold Edition item

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
• GPU Chip
  GM200-310-A1 (Maxwell 2.0) GP102-350-K1-A1
• Execution units
  22 28
• Shader
  2816 3584
• Render Output Units
  96 88
• Texture Units
  176 224

• Memory Size
  6 GB 11 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5X
• Memory Speed
  7.2 Gbps 1.376 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  346 GB/s 484 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  384 bit 352 bit

• Base Clock
  1.266 GHz+ 27 % 1.506 GHz+ 2 %
• Boost Clock
  1.367 GHz+ 27 % 1.620 GHz+ 2 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

• TDP
  250 W 250 W
• Tjunction max
  92 \xc2\xb0C --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

• Fan-Type
  Axial Radial
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 1 x 70 mm
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.2 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 --

• Max. resolution
  4096x2160 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_1
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  Addressable LED No LED lighting

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

• Length
  295 mm 269 mm
• Height
  138 mm 111 mm
• Width
  51 mm 35 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 863 g

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q1/2017
• Structure size
  28 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  GOLD20TH-GTX980Ti-P-6G-GAMING --
• Documents
  -- data sheet