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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

95%
95%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

106%
106%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is approximately 11% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GM200
TU116
CoresDifferent
2816
1536
TMUsDifferent
176
96
ROPsDifferent
96
48
Memory Size
6 GB
6 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
GDDR6
Bus WidthDifferent
384 bit
192 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GPU NameDifferent
GM200
TU116
GPU VariantDifferent
GM200-310-A1
TU116-400-A1
ArchitectureDifferent
Maxwell 2.0
Turing
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
28 nm
12 nm
TransistorsDifferent
8,000 million
6,600 million
DensityDifferent
13.3M / mm²
23.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
601 mm²
284 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2152
BGA-2228

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Release DateDifferent
Jun 2nd, 2015
Feb 22nd, 2019
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 900
GeForce 16
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 700
GeForce 10
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 10
GeForce 20
ProductionDifferent
End-of-life
Active
Launch PriceDifferent
649 USD
279 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
169 in our database
59 in our database
Current PriceDifferent
N/A
Amazon/Newegg

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Base ClockDifferent
1000 MHz
1500 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1076 MHz
1770 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1753 MHz7 Gbps effective
1500 MHz12 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Memory Size
6 GB
6 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory BusDifferent
384 bit
192 bit
BandwidthDifferent
336.6 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Shading UnitsDifferent
2816
1536
TMUsDifferent
176
96
ROPsDifferent
96
48
SMM CountDifferent
22
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
48 KB (per SMM)
64 KB (per SM)
L2 CacheDifferent
3 MB
1536 KB
SM CountDifferent
N/A
24

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Pixel RateDifferent
103.3 GPixel/s
84.96 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
189.4 GTexel/s
169.9 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
6.060 TFLOPS
5.437 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
189.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
169.9 GFLOPS (1:32)
FP16 (half)Different
N/A
10.87 TFLOPS (2:1)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
229 mm9 inches
Height
111 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
40 mm1.6 inches
35 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
250 W
120 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
300 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.01x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG600 SKU 30
PG160 SKU 21 PG161 SKU 21

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDADifferent
5.2
7.5
Shader Model
6.8
6.8

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