EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+ has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.42 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.81 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.79 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.03 TFLOPS.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+ is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+ GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2048 Shader 1408
64 Render Output Units 48
128 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+ is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+ has a turbo clock of 1.418 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is 1.785 GHz.

1.304 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.418 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+ has 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

165 W TDP 125 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+ are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+ supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 3
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+ supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+ is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

279 mm Length 145 mm
151 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, EVGA GeForce GTX 980 CLASSIFIED KINGPIN ACX 2.0+ was released in Q1/2015.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER published in Q4/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

04G-P4-5988-KR Part-no --
Q1/2015 Release date Q4/2019
749 $ Launch Price 229 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 12 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB GDDR6
89 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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