GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
137%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
| 37% higher gaming performance. |
| 40 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 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 SUPER
The GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 (TU116-300-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 | 1408 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1530 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 125 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Oct 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
85.68 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
157.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5020.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
91
GeForce GTX 980
72
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
80
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
101
GeForce GTX 980
76
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67
GeForce GTX 980
53
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
51
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
75
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
35
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
25
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
42
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)