Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
125
80
68
50
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
143
118
86
47
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
207
155
118
62
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
110
99
79
46
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
80
68
52
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
98
92
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
77
61
44
27
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
86
79
46
21
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
132
119
88
48
Avg FPS
1080p High72118
1080p Ultra5597
1440p Ultra3972
4K Ultra2141
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Time Spy585611083
Solar Bayn/a50002
Port Royal32506458
Fire Strike1950627670
Night Raid70001100441
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Background Blur134.8 frames/s191.8 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s115.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec4.74 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec6.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec1.3 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec499.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps15858.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
G2D Mark853908
DirectX 11106 fps157 fps
DirectX 1255 fps72 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s8009 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fps600.3 fps
Car Chase375.2 fps525.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fps499.8 fps
T-Rex1867.7 fps2729 fps
ALU 21803.6 fps3179.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2264 fps283.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2238.83279.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 2, 2015 September, 20, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GM200 TU104
Price 649 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1515 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 2816 2944
TMUs 176 184
ROPs 96 64
Execution Units 22 46
Ray Tracing Cores No 46
Tensor Cores No 368
L1 cache 48 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 109 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 315 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 215 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 601 mm² 545 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 13 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 23.85 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 384 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 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 Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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