Comparing NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition

gpu NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti item

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

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

• TDP
  250 W 250 W

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

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

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3 x 16
• Structure size
  16 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q3/2015
• Launch Price
  699 $ 749 $