GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
214%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2070 Super |
| 114% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 2070 Super
The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2070 Super | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU104 (TU104-410-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 545 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 13,600 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 40 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1605 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 160 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2070 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 2070 Super | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 175 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Jul 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
113.30 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
283.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
9060.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
149
GeForce GTX 980
80
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
117
GeForce GTX 980
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
168
GeForce GTX 980
88
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
122
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
165
GeForce GTX 980
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
145
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
116
GeForce GTX 980
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
100
GeForce GTX 980
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
138
GeForce GTX 980
61
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
84
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
123
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
102
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
68
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
57
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
72
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
44
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
71
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2070 Super
57
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)