MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.11 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.27 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC has 2176 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.70 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 7.38 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 34 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 34
2816 Shader 2176
96 Render Output Units 48
176 Texture Units 136
0 Raytracing Cores 34

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE has a turbo clock of 1.114 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC is 1.695 GHz.

1.026 GHz Base Clock 1.470 GHz
1.114 GHz Boost Clock 1.695 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE 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 91 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.

250 W TDP 184 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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 MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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 MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

269 mm Length 231 mm
140 mm Height 128 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 815 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming LE was released in Q2/2016.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC published in Q4/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

-- Part-no Elephant
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2021
649 $ Launch Price 289 $ (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)

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)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS GP 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
127 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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