GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
139%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 Ti |
| 39% higher gaming performance. |
| 45 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 980 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 (TU116-400-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 24 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1500 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Feb 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
84.96 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
169.90 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5437.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
108
GeForce GTX 980
80
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
97
GeForce GTX 980
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
124
GeForce GTX 980
88
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
81
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
102
GeForce GTX 980
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
91
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
78
GeForce GTX 980
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
70
GeForce GTX 980
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
94
GeForce GTX 980
61
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
52
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
73
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
64
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
43
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
37
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
47
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
26
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
41
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
34
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)