Comparing NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk

gpu MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk item

• 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 Clock
  1.775 GHz 1.376 GHz
• Memory Speed
  7.1 Gbps 11 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  341 GB/s 484 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  384 bit 352 bit

• Base Clock
  1.190 GHz+ 19 % 1.480 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.291 GHz+ 20 % 1.582 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  --

• TDP
  250 W 250 W

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

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

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2017
• Launch Price
  799 $ 699 $
• Structure size
  28 nm 16 nm