GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.30 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.34 TFLOPS.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.83 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.16 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 GPU PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has a turbo clock of 1.304 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan is 1.830 GHz.

1.203 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.304 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
1.28 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has 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 PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

165 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan 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 v1.4
2 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 35 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan is 35 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

298 mm Length 168 mm
114 mm Height 126 mm
35 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

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 was released in Q3/2015.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6GB XLR8 Gaming OC Dual Fan published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

GV-N980OC-4GD Part-no VCG16606SFPPB-O
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2019
599 $ Launch Price 219 $ (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.

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

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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