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MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk
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Comparing MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk vs MSI Radeon RX 6800

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Released
Q3/2015

Comparison of MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk video card vs MSI Radeon RX 6800 video card by specs and benchmarks. MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk runs at 1.190 GHz+ 19 % base clock speed and has 6 GB of GDDR5 memory, while video card MSI Radeon RX 6800 runs at 1.190 GHz+ 19 % base clock speed and has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory. The weight is different, -- vs 1395 g. 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
    1.700 GHz left arrow 1.190 GHz+ 19 %
    Around 30% better clock speed
  • More memory
    16 GB left arrow 6 GB
    63% more memory
Performance tests
Real tests MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk vs MSI Radeon RX 6800
Specifications
Complete list of technical specifications
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk
MSI Radeon RX 6800 MSI Radeon RX 6800
GPU

gpu MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk item

  • Based on
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti left arrow AMD Radeon RX 6800
  • GPU Chip
    GM200-310-A1 (Maxwell 2.0) left arrow Navi 21
  • Execution units
    22 left arrow 60
  • Shader
    2816 left arrow 3840
  • Render Output Units
    96 left arrow 96
  • Texture Units
    176 left arrow 240
Memory
  • Memory Size
    6 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • Memory Type
    GDDR5 left arrow GDDR6
  • Memory Speed
    7.1 Gbps left arrow 2 GHz
  • Memory Bandwith
    341 GB/s left arrow 512 GB/s
  • Memory Interface
    384 bit left arrow 256 bit
Clock Speeds
  • Base Clock
    1.190 GHz+ 19 % left arrow 1.700 GHz
  • Boost Clock
    1.291 GHz+ 20 % left arrow 2.105 GHz
  • Avg (Game) Clock
    left arrow 1.815 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Design
  • TDP
    250 W left arrow 250 W
  • TDP (up)
    -- left arrow 285 W
  • Tjunction max
    92 \xc2\xb0C left arrow --
  • PCIe-Power
    1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin left arrow 2 x 8-Pin
Cooler & Fans
  • Fan-Type
    Radial / Axial (Radiator) left arrow Axial
  • Fan 1
    1 x 65 mm left arrow 3 x 85 mm
  • Fan 2
    1 x 120 mm left arrow --
  • Cooler-Type
    AIO water cooling left arrow Air cooling
  • Noise (Idle)
    0 dB / Silent left arrow 0 dB / Silent
  • Noise (Load)
    -- left arrow 35 dB
Connectivity
  • Max. Displays
    4 left arrow 4
  • HDCP-Version
    2.2 left arrow 2.3
  • HDMI Ports
    1x HDMI v2.0 left arrow 1x HDMI v2.1
  • DP Ports
    3x DP v1.2 left arrow 2x DP v1.4a
  • DVI Ports
    1 left arrow --
  • USB-C Ports
    -- left arrow 1
Featureset
  • Max. resolution
    4096x2160 left arrow 7680x4320
  • DirectX
    12_1 left arrow 12_2
  • Raytracing
    No left arrow Yes
  • DLSS / FSR
    No left arrow No
  • LED
    No LED lighting left arrow Non addressable LED
Supported Video Codecs
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
Dimensions
  • Length
    270 mm left arrow 267 mm
  • Height
    111 mm left arrow 120 mm
  • Width
    40 mm left arrow 40 mm
  • Width (Slots)
    2 PCIe-Slots left arrow 2 PCIe-Slots
  • Weight
    -- left arrow 1395 g
Additional data
  • GPU Interface
    PCIe 3 x 16 left arrow PCIe 4.0 x 16
  • Release date
    Q3/2015 left arrow Q1/2021
  • Structure size
    28 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Documents
    -- left arrow data sheet
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