NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, which has 3072 shaders and 24 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip AD107
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ada Lovelace
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
2048 Shader 3072
64 Render Output Units 48
128 Texture Units 96
0 Raytracing Cores 24

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 272 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.125 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 17.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 272 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 clocks in the base with up to 1.127 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 1.830 GHz.

1.127 GHz Base Clock 1.830 GHz
1.216 GHz Boost Clock 2.460 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has a TDP of 115 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

165 W TDP 115 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has 0 -- fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type --
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 --
-- 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

267 mm Length --
111 mm Height --
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 was released in Q3/2014 at a price of 499 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 was introduced in Q2/2023 at a price of 299 $.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2014 Release date Q2/2023
499 $ Launch Price 299 $
28 nm Structure size 5 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
42 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
80 fps (avg)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
82 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
162 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4 GB GDDR5
32043
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
101863

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4 GB GDDR5
38621
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
95286

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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