Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
50
41
26
91
52
43
25
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
87
70
47
26
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
138
98
71
31
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
75
66
47
24
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
49
37
27
13
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
56
49
33
23
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
45
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
47
45
25
12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
80
74
49
27
Avg FPS
1080p High7274
1080p Ultra5558
1440p Ultra3941
4K Ultra2122
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
5918
Time Spy58566344
Solar Bayn/a20462
Port Royal32501652
Fire Strike1950616643
Night Raid7000176116
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
72340
Background Blur134.8 frames/s124.8 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s69.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec2.67 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec3.48 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec3.52 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec0.92 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec355.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps9094.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
12901
G2D Mark853807
DirectX 11106 fps103 fps
DirectX 1255 fps51 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s5253 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
71.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fps404.9 fps
Car Chase375.2 fps369.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fps324.3 fps
T-Rex1867.7 fps1580.9 fps
ALU 21803.6 fps1754.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2264 fps257.4 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2238.81901.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 2, 2015 February, 22, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GM200 TU116
Price 649 279

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 2816 1536
TMUs 176 96
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units 22 24
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 170 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 5.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 601 mm² 284 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 6 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 21.13 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 384 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
288 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 7.5
DisplayPort 1.2 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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