NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super.

73
Place in performance rating
90
25.96
Value for money (0-100)
58.74
Maxwell
Architecture
Turing
GM200
Code name
TU116
Desktop
Type
Desktop
2 June 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
29 October 2019 (2 years ago)
$649
Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$629 (1x MSRP)
Price now
$798 (3.5x MSRP)
27.96
Value for money
27.51
GM200
GPU code name
Turing TU116
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

2816
Pipelines
1408
1000 MHz
Core clock speed
1530 MHz
1075 MHz
Boost Clock
1785 MHz
8,000 million
Transistor count
6,600 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
125 Watt
176 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
157.1
6,060 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
2816
CUDA cores
no data
2816
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1408
1075 MHz
Boost clock speed
1785 MHz
8,000 million
Number of transistors
6,600 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
125 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
229 mm
6-pin + 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
+
SLI options
no data
600 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
7.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
336.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
+
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
+
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
3D Vision
no data
2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
7.5
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
no data
Ansel
+
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
no data
NVENC
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.5
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 138 88 73 57 44 24
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 147 93.8 86 84.3 58.5 31.5
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 298 171 137 94.3 69.3 39
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 324.4 162.1 104.8 72.2 46 24.1
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 265 143 126 122 73.4 34.4
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

4.59% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($629 (1x MSRP) vs $798 (3.5x MSRP))

More pipelines (2816 vs 1408)

More memory bandwidth (336.5 GB/s vs 336.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (125 Watt vs 250 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super performance benchmarks comparison

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User rating

4.3 Out of 110 Hitesti Score
4.5 Out of 874 Hitesti Score