GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Oct 2019
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 2 Jun 2015
GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    115%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

15% higher gaming performance.
125 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 980 Ti .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Ti

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

The GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERGeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU NameTU116 (TU116-300-A1)vsGM200 (GM200-310-A1)
Fab Process12 nmvs28 nm
Die Size284 mm²vs601 mm²
Transistors6,600 millionvs8,000 million
Shaders1408vs2816
Compute Units22vs22
Core clock1530 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs48vs96
TMUs88vs176

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERGeForce GTX 980 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width192 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size6144 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERGeForce GTX 980 Ti
TDP125 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date29 Oct 2019vs2 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    85.68 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    96.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    157.10 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    176.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    336.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    337.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    5020.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    5632.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    90
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    102
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    87

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    91
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    83

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    46
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    80
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    101
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    95

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    68
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    70
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    62

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    67
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    62

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    35
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    51
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    75
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    69

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    32
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    38
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    35
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra Detail,16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    21
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    25
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    42
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    40

FPS (higher is better)