GeForce GTX 1660 vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
GeForce GTX 1660
116%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1660 |
| 16% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
The GeForce GTX 1660 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU116 () | 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 | 1280 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1530 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1660 | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 1660
85.68 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
142.80 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
192.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1660
4570.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660
95
GeForce GTX 980
80
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660
83
GeForce GTX 980
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
117
GeForce GTX 980
88
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660
68
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660
84
GeForce GTX 980
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
80
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660
59
GeForce GTX 980
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660
59
GeForce GTX 980
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
73
GeForce GTX 980
61
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660
45
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660
58
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
55
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1660
36
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660
31
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1660
37
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce GTX 1660
22
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1660
31
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1660
29
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)