EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming
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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0)


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EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming
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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0)

GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0), we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0) is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, which has 1920 shaders and 30 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
2048 Shader 1920
64 Render Output Units 48
128 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0) can access 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.
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 SC Gaming clocks in the base with up to 1.241 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0) is 1.365 GHz.
1.241 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.342 GHz Boost Clock 1.680 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0) has a TDP of 160 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
165 W TDP 160 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0) has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0) supports a maximum of 4 screens.
4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0) is 7680x4320 pixels.
4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
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 SC Gaming is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0) is 265 mm long, 121 mm high and 40 mm wide.
267 mm Length 265 mm
111 mm Height 121 mm
38 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC Gaming was released in Q3/2014 at a price of 529 $.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6G (rev. 1.0) was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 349 $ (Reference).
04G-P4-2982-KR Part-no GV-N2060WF2-6GD
Q3/2014 Release date Q1/2019
529 $ Launch Price 349 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 12 nm
-- 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

View all Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark results

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

View all Battlefield 5 benchmark results

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

View all Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal) benchmark results

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)

View all FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) benchmark results

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