Comparing ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti OC edition vs MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk

gpu ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti OC edition item

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

• Memory Size
  11 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5X GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  1.388 GHz 7.1 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  484 GB/s 341 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  352 bit 384 bit

• Base Clock
  1.569 GHz+ 6 % 1.190 GHz+ 19 %
• Boost Clock
  1.708 GHz+ 8 % 1.291 GHz+ 20 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.683 GHz
• 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 / Axial (Radiator)
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling AIO water cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 1 x 65 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- 1 x 120 mm

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

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

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

• Length
  298 mm 270 mm
• Height
  134 mm 111 mm
• Width
  53 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q3/2015
• Structure size
  16 nm 28 nm
• Part-no
  ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING --
• Documents
  data sheet --