nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory1536
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6GB GDDR6 120W $279 Feb 2019
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
$279 • Feb 2019
VS
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4GB GDDR5 165W $549 Sep 2014
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 120 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1770 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Turing | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 96 | 128 |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 84.96 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 288 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.437 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.50 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 6600 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
5918 (+66%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
72340 (+116%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
33492
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
71.9 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
12909 (+16%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
11113
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison (36 benchmarks)
Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince
7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Frozenbyte
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+49%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+51%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+50%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chernobylite Complete Edition
8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation The Farm 51
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+29%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+35%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+64%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
Winner
Loser
Devil's Hunt
8.1 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Layopi Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+40%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+33%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+11%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Beyond Two Souls
7 2020 • Action, Adventure Quantic Dream
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+30%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Winner
Loser
Wolfenstein Youngblood
7.3 2019 • Action Machine Games, Arkane Studios
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+161%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+138%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+168%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City
7 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+38%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+32%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+37%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Wins!
Based on 39 benchmarks across 12 games
57
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
VS
+42.2%
40
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR6
37
Wins
57
Avg FPS
48
Min FPS
95%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
0
Wins
40
Avg FPS
32
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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