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MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE
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Comparing MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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Released
Q3/2015

Comparison of MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE video card vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti video card by specs and benchmarks. MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE runs at 1.026 GHz+ 3 % base clock speed and has 6 GB of GDDR5 memory, while video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti runs at 1.026 GHz+ 3 % base clock speed and has 11 GB of GDDR5X 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.

Differences
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  • Higher clock speed
    1.480 GHz left arrow 1.026 GHz+ 3 %
    Around 31% better clock speed
  • More memory
    11 GB left arrow 6 GB
    45% more memory
Performance tests
Real tests MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Specifications
Complete list of technical specifications
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GPU

gpu MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE item

  • GPU Chip
    GM200-310-A1 (Maxwell 2.0) left arrow GP102-350-K1-A1
  • Execution units
    22 left arrow 28
  • Shader
    2816 left arrow 3584
  • Render Output Units
    96 left arrow 88
  • Texture Units
    176 left arrow 224
Memory
  • Memory Size
    6 GB left arrow 11 GB
  • Memory Type
    GDDR5 left arrow GDDR5X
  • Memory Clock
    1.753 GHz left arrow 1.376 GHz
  • Memory Speed
    7.01 Gbps left arrow 11 Gbps
  • Memory Bandwith
    337 GB/s left arrow 484 GB/s
  • Memory Interface
    384 bit left arrow 352 bit
Clock Speeds
  • Base Clock
    1.026 GHz+ 3 % left arrow 1.480 GHz
  • Boost Clock
    1.114 GHz+ 4 % left arrow 1.582 GHz
  • Avg (Game) Clock
    left arrow --
Thermal Design
  • TDP
    250 W left arrow 250 W
Featureset
  • Max. resolution
    4096x2160 left arrow 7680x4320
  • DirectX
    12_1 left arrow 12_1
  • Raytracing
    No left arrow No
  • DLSS / FSR
    No left arrow Yes
Supported Video Codecs
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
Additional data
  • GPU Interface
    PCIe 3 x 16 left arrow PCIe 3.0 x 16
  • Release date
    Q3/2015 left arrow Q1/2017
  • Launch Price
    699 $ left arrow 699 $
  • Structure size
    28 nm left arrow 16 nm
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