GeForce RTX 2080 Super vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
245%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2080 Super |
| 145% 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 |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 2080 Super . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 2080 Super
The GeForce RTX 2080 Super is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2080 Super | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU104 (TU104-450-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 | 3072 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 48 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1650 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 192 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 2080 Super | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1940 MHz
15520 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 2080 Super | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 215 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 23 Jul 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
116.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
348.50 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
496.60 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
11150.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
119
GeForce GTX 980
72
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
123
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
190
GeForce GTX 980
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
163
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
112
GeForce GTX 980
53
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
94
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
141
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
121
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
64
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
50
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
81
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
68
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)