MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB (Turing) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
TU106 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Turing Architecture Maxwell 2.0
34 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2176 Shader 2816
48 Render Output Units 96
136 Texture Units 176
34 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 6 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 337 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.470 GHz Base Clock 1.190 GHz
1.680 GHz Boost Clock 1.279 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 184 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming has 3 Axial main fans that 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

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

231 mm Length 296 mm
128 mm Height 120 mm
42 mm Width 39 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 OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q4/2021.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming came on the market in Q2/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

GPU - Monkey Part-no GV-N98TG1 GAMING-6GD
Q4/2021 Release date Q2/2015
289 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 28 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)

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)

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

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

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)

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

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
126 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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