GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
187%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2060 Super |
| 87% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 RTX 2060 Super
The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2060 Super | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU106 (TU106-410-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 445 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 10,800 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 2176 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 34 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1470 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 136 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2060 Super | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 2060 Super | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 160 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Jul 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
105.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
224.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
7181.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
141
GeForce GTX 980
80
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
115
GeForce GTX 980
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
156
GeForce GTX 980
88
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
105
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
142
GeForce GTX 980
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
126
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
102
GeForce GTX 980
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
90
GeForce GTX 980
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
122
GeForce GTX 980
61
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
71
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
105
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
90
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
59
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
49
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
64
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
37
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
61
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
47
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)