NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.08 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.06 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.79 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.03 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip TU116-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Turing
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2816 Shader 1408
96 Render Output Units 48
176 Texture Units 88
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has a turbo clock of 1.076 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is 1.785 GHz.

1.002 GHz Base Clock 1.530 GHz
1.076 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 95 °C.

250 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 95 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 145 mm
111 mm Height 111 mm
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released in Q2/2015.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 published in Q1/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2015 Release date Q1/2019
649 $ Launch Price 219 $ (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)

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.

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
40 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 GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB GDDR5
77 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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