NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

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  vs  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti.

114
Place in performance rating
9
56.16
Value for money (0-100)
34.47
Maxwell
Architecture
Turing
GM204
Code name
TU102
Desktop
Type
Desktop
19 September 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
27 August 2018 (3 years ago)
$549
Launch price (MSRP)
$999
$503 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$1265 (1.3x MSRP)
25.30
Value for money
26.10
GM204
GPU code name
Turing TU102
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980  vs  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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.

2048
Pipelines
4352
no data
Core clock speed
1350 MHz
1216 MHz
Boost Clock
1545 MHz
5,200 million
Transistor count
18,600 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
165 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
144 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
420.2
4,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
2048
CUDA cores
no data
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4352
1216 MHz
Boost clock speed
1545 MHz
5,200 million
Number of transistors
18,600 million
165 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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
267 mm
2x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
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SLI options
no data
500 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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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 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
11 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
352 Bit
7.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
224 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
616.0 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 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
+
G-SYNC support
+
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
VGA аnalog display support
no data
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data

Technologies

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

no data
VR Ready
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no data
Multi Monitor
+
+
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
+
Optimus
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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 Ultimate (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.5
1.2
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 159 146 133 115 94 54
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 174 173 170 169 133 78.8
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 289 247 240 202 162 100
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 321 243 166 126 101 64.7
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 315 290 266 259 204 113
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

Cheaper ($503 (0.9x MSRP) vs $1265 (1.3x MSRP))

Less power consumption (165 Watt vs 250 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

49.25% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (4352 vs 2048)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (11 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (616.0 GB/s vs 224 GB/s)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

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