GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) and the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and has 2176 texture shaders and 34 execution units.

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
TU106 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
Turing Architecture Maxwell 2.0
34 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
2176 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
136 Texture Units 128
34 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) clocks in the base with up to 1.470 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is 1.291 GHz.

1.470 GHz Base Clock 1.291 GHz
1.650 GHz Boost Clock 1.393 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) is 175 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

175 W TDP 165 W
-- TDP (up) --
89 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper has 0 -- fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0).

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) is 265 mm long, 121 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

265 mm Length --
121 mm Height --
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) was released in Q4/2019 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper was introduced in Q3/2014 at a price of 749 $.

GV-N206SWF2-8GD Part-no 04G-P4-2989-KR
Q4/2019 Release date Q3/2014
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 749 $
12 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

Rate these graphics cards now

Here you can rate the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:

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)

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)

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)

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)

Popular comparisons

1. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) vs MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 3X 12G OC
2. PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)
3. MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)
4. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) MSI GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER GAMING X GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) vs MSI GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER GAMING X
5. ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)
6. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)
7. ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 Advanced Edition vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)
8. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) vs GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
9. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER GAMING OC 3X WHITE 8G (rev. 1.0) GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER GAMING OC 3X WHITE 8G (rev. 1.0)
10. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)


back to index
Facebook
Twitter