Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
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
85
49
41
24
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
81
67
47
24
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
135
94
65
30
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
70
61
45
21
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
43
36
27
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
53
47
31
21
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
41
32
23
13
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
44
41
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
78
72
47
22
Avg FPS
1080p High7270
1080p Ultra5555
1440p Ultra3939
4K Ultra2120
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
5789
Time Spy58565960
Solar Bayn/a25955
Port Royal32503328
Fire Strike1950615850
Night Raid7000162399
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
73982
Background Blur134.8 frames/s150.7 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s75.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec2.83 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec3.68 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec4.08 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec0.89 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec257.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps9069.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
11353
G2D Mark853540
DirectX 11106 fps96 fps
DirectX 1255 fps39 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s3992 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
59.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fps326.8 fps
Car Chase375.2 fps290.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fps264.8 fps
T-Rex1867.7 fps1326.4 fps
ALU 21803.6 fps1494.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2264 fps202.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2238.81656.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 2, 2015 January, 29, 2019
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GM200 TU106 (N18E-G1-B)
Price 649 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 960 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1175-1200 MHz
Shader Units 2816 1920
TMUs 176 120
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units 22 30
Ray Tracing Cores No 30
Tensor Cores No 240
L1 cache 48 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 56-58 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 141-144 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 4.5-4.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 80-115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 601 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 10.8 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 24.27 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1375 MHz
Bus 384 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
264 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 7.5
DisplayPort 1.2 1.4
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile the clear winner in this comparison.

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