MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and has 2176 texture shaders and 34 execution units. GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G	GPU	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
TU106	GPU Chip	GM204-400-A1
Turing	Architecture	Maxwell 2.0
34	Streaming Multiprocessors	16
2176	Shader	2048
48	Render Output Units	64
136	Texture Units	128
34	Raytracing Cores	0

Memory The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
12 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
336 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s
192 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit

Clock Speeds The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G clocks in the base with up to 1.470 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 1.203 GHz.
1.470 GHz	Base Clock	1.203 GHz
1.650 GHz	Boost Clock	1.304 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock	1.28 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G is 184 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
184 W	TDP	165 W
--	TDP (up)	--
88 °C	Tjunction max	98 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G has a total of 2 Axial fans. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	3 x 80 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 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	2
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G is 231 mm long, 128 mm high and 42 mm wide. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 298 mm long, 114 mm high and 35 mm wide.
231 mm	Length	298 mm
128 mm	Height	114 mm
42 mm	Width	35 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
706 g	Weight	--
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G was released in Q4/2021 at a price of 289 $ (Reference). The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 was introduced in Q3/2015 at a price of 599 $.
GPU-Monkey	Part-no	GV-N980OC-4GD
Q4/2021	Release date	Q3/2015
289 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	599 $
12 nm	Structure size	28 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G
1.470 GHz, 12 GB (184 W TDP)

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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0
1.203 GHz, 4 GB (165 W TDP)

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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


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G 12 GB GDDR6	3522
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 4 GB GDDR5	1909

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G 12 GB GDDR6	4467

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G 12 GB GDDR6	1623

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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)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G 12 GB GDDR6	27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G 12 GB GDDR6	34 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G 12 GB GDDR6	48 fps (avg)

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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


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G 12 GB GDDR6	75846
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 4 GB GDDR5	34359

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G 12 GB GDDR6	72147
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 4 GB GDDR5	41413

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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)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G 12 GB GDDR6	7.18
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 4 GB GDDR5	5.34

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MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

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Additional data

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