nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores336.6 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
VS
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory1536
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6GB GDDR5 250W $649 Jun 2015
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
$649 • Jun 2015
VS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
$279 • Feb 2019
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6GB GDDR6 120W $279 Feb 2019
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 250 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1076 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 336.6 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 2816 | 1536 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 176 | 96 |
| ROPs | 96 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 103.3 GPixel/s | 84.96 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 336.6 GTexel/s | 288 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 6.06 GFLOPS | 5.437 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 3.00 MB | 1.50 MB |
| Die Size | 601 mm² | 284 mm² |
| Transistors | 8000 Million | 6600 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-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
6010 (+2%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
5918
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
49950
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
72340 (+45%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
73.4 FPS (+2%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
71.9 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
13771 (+7%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
12909
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (36 benchmarks)
Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince
7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Frozenbyte
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+15%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+17%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+18%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chernobylite Complete Edition
8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation The Farm 51
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+0%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+0%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+0%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+0%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+13%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
Devil's Hunt
8.1 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Layopi Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+9%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+2%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+25%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Beyond Two Souls
7 2020 • Action, Adventure Quantic Dream
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+2%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Winner
Loser
Wolfenstein Youngblood
7.3 2019 • Action Machine Games, Arkane Studios
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+45%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+33%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+42%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City
7 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+7%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+2%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (+4%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Wins!
Based on 36 benchmarks across 12 games
53
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
VS
+7.9%
57
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
5
Wins
53
Avg FPS
43
Min FPS
14%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR6
26
Wins
57
Avg FPS
48
Min FPS
72%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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