GeForce RTX 2060 vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
GeForce RTX 2060
159%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2060 |
| 59% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
The GeForce RTX 2060 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (27 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2060 | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU106 (TU106-200A-KA-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 | 1920 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 30 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1365 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 120 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2060 | | 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 RTX 2060 | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 160 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Jan 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce RTX 2060
80.64 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060
201.60 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060
336.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2060
6451.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
123
GeForce GTX 980
80
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
103
GeForce GTX 980
70
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060
106
GeForce GTX 980
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2060
123
GeForce GTX 980
88
FPS (higher is better)
Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
89
GeForce GTX 980
57
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2060
86
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
131
GeForce GTX 980
81
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060
115
GeForce GTX 980
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060
106
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
90
GeForce GTX 980
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
76
GeForce GTX 980
47
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060
80
GeForce GTX 980
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2060
105
GeForce GTX 980
61
FPS (higher is better)
Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
57
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2060
57
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
84
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060
83
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060
76
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
50
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
39
GeForce GTX 980
25
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060
43
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2060
56
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
28
GeForce GTX 980
15
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2060
29
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2060
48
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2060
45
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2060
41
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)