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GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE

Comparing GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G vs MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE

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Q1/2021

Comparison of GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G video card vs MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE video card by specs and benchmarks. GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G runs at 1.775 GHz+ 4 % base clock speed and has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory, while video card MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE runs at 1.775 GHz+ 4 % base clock speed and has 6 GB of GDDR5 memory. The weight is different, -- vs --. The TDP of the first video card is 250 W, and the second is 250 W . Compare the benchmark results to find out which video card is better.

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  • Higher clock speed
    1.775 GHz+ 4 % left arrow 1.026 GHz+ 3 %
    Around 42% better clock speed
  • More memory
    16 GB left arrow 6 GB
    63% more memory
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Specifications
Complete list of technical specifications
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GPU

gpu GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G item

  • Based on
    AMD Radeon RX 6800 left arrow NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
  • GPU Chip
    Navi 21 left arrow GM200-310-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)
  • Execution units
    60 left arrow 22
  • Shader
    3840 left arrow 2816
  • Render Output Units
    96 left arrow 96
  • Texture Units
    240 left arrow 176
Memory
  • Memory Size
    16 GB left arrow 6 GB
  • Memory Type
    GDDR6 left arrow GDDR5
  • Memory Speed
    2 GHz left arrow 7.01 Gbps
  • Memory Bandwith
    512 GB/s left arrow 337 GB/s
  • Memory Interface
    256 bit left arrow 384 bit
Clock Speeds
  • Base Clock
    1.775 GHz+ 4 % left arrow 1.026 GHz+ 3 %
  • Boost Clock
    2.190 GHz+ 4 % left arrow 1.114 GHz+ 4 %
  • Avg (Game) Clock
    1.980 GHz+ 9 % left arrow
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Design
  • TDP
    250 W left arrow 250 W
  • TDP (up)
    285 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max
    -- left arrow 92 \xc2\xb0C
  • PCIe-Power
    2 x 8-Pin left arrow 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin
Cooler & Fans
  • Fan-Type
    Axial left arrow Axial
  • Cooler-Type
    Air cooling left arrow Air cooling
  • Fan 1
    2 x 100 mm left arrow 3 x 90 mm
  • Noise (Idle)
    0 dB / Silent left arrow 0 dB / Silent
  • Fan 2
    1 x 95 mm left arrow --
Connectivity
  • Max. Displays
    4 left arrow 4
  • HDCP-Version
    2.3 left arrow 2.2
  • HDMI Ports
    2x HDMI v2.1 left arrow 1x HDMI v2.0
  • DP Ports
    2x DP v1.4a left arrow 3x DP v1.2
  • DVI Ports
    -- left arrow 1
Featureset
  • Max. resolution
    7680x4320 left arrow 4096x2160
  • DirectX
    12_2 left arrow 12_1
  • Raytracing
    Yes left arrow No
  • DLSS / FSR
    No left arrow No
  • LED
    GIGABYTE RGB Fusion left arrow No LED lighting
Supported Video Codecs
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • h265 / HEVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AV1
    Decode left arrow No
Dimensions
  • Length
    -- left arrow 330 mm
  • Height
    -- left arrow 140 mm
  • Width
    -- left arrow 53 mm
  • Width (Slots)
    3 PCIe-Slots left arrow 3 PCIe-Slots
Additional data
  • GPU Interface
    PCIe 4.0 x 16 left arrow PCIe 3 x 16
  • Release date
    Q1/2021 left arrow Q3/2015
  • Structure size
    7 nm left arrow 28 nm
  • Part-no
    GV-R68AORUS M-16GD left arrow --
  • Documents
    data sheet left arrow --
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