NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

2816

Cores

336.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

N/A Jun 2015 View Details

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nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2944

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 2080

N/A Sep 2018 View Details

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

6GB GDDR5 250W N/A Jun 2015

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

$649 • Jun 2015

GeForce RTX 2080

$699 • Sep 2018

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

8GB GDDR6 215W N/A Sep 2018

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Memory Size	6 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
TDP	250 W	215 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1076 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	336.6 GB/s	448 GB/s
Process Size	28nm	12nm
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Turing
Shading Units	2816	2944
RT Cores	N/A	46
TMUs	176	184
ROPs	96	64
Memory Bus	384-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1753 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	103.3 GPixel/s	109.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	336.6 GTexel/s	448 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	6.06 GFLOPS	10.07 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	4.00 MB
Die Size	601 mm²	545 mm²
Transistors	8000 Million	13600 Million
Required PSU	600 W	550 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

10843 (+80%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

49950

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

118637 (+138%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

73.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

128.3 FPS (+75%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

13771

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

18747 (+36%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (60 benchmarks)

Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince

7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie • Frozenbyte

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 (+110%)

AVG 193 FPS

MIN 167 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+116%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+132%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

Chernobylite Complete Edition Background

Chernobylite Complete Edition

8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation • The Farm 51

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+79%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+88%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+156%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 31 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 RTX 2080 (+95%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 116 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+81%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+88%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 21 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 RTX 2080 (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 Ti (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 (+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 RTX 2080 (+131%)

AVG 203 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 (+105%)

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 (+125%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Sinking City

7 2021 • Action, Adventure • Frogwares

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+87%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 116 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+76%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+88%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Wins!

Based on 60 benchmarks across 20 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

+73.4%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2080