GeForce RTX 2070 vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
GeForce RTX 2070
188%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2070 |
| 88% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
The GeForce RTX 2070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (30 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2070 | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU104 () | vs | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 2432 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 19 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1500 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 152 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2070 | | 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 | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce RTX 2070
108.90 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2070
258.70 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2070
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2070
8279.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
139
GeForce GTX 980
80
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
109
GeForce GTX 980
70
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070
116
GeForce GTX 980
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2070
163
GeForce GTX 980
88
FPS (higher is better)
Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
85
GeForce GTX 980
57
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2070
95
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
140
GeForce GTX 980
81
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070
136
GeForce GTX 980
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2070
121
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070
148
GeForce GTX 980
64
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
101
GeForce GTX 980
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
83
GeForce GTX 980
47
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070
89
GeForce GTX 980
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2070
118
GeForce GTX 980
61
FPS (higher is better)
Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
60
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2070
66
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
98
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070
99
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2070
86
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)
Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070
103
GeForce GTX 980
35
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
58
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
44
GeForce GTX 980
25
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070
49
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce RTX 2070
61
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
31
GeForce GTX 980
15
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2070
35
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
GeForce RTX 2070
55
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070
56
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2070
48
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2070
62
GeForce GTX 980
23
FPS (higher is better)