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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6 GB GDDR5 · 1.08 GHz · 250 W Speed index 5/100

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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.46 GHz · 115 W Speed index 13/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has 3072 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.46 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 15.11 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 149 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Speed index
5/100
13/100
FP32
6.06 TFLOPS
15.11 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.08 GHz
2.46 GHz
Memory Size
6 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
337 GB/s
272 GB/s
TDP
250 W
115 W
Launch Price
649 $
299 $
162 pts
309 pts

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU ChipGM200-310-A1AD107
Streaming Multiprocessors2224
Shader28163072
Render Output Units9648
Texture Units17696
Raytracing Cores--24
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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 RTX 4060 is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 24 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Memory Size6 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.125 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps17.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth337 GB/s272 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit128 bit
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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 RTX 4060 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.125GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Base Clock1.002 GHz1.830 GHz
Boost Clock1.076 GHz2.460 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has a turbo clock of 1.076 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 2.460 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
TDP250 W115 W
Tjunction max91 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin1 x 12-Pin
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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 RTX 4060 is equipped with a 1 x 12-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Fan-TypeRadial--
Fan 11 x 65 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1a
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode
AV1NoDecode / Encode
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Length267 mm--
Height111 mm--
Width40 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ2/2015Q2/2023
Launch Price649 $299 $
Structure size28 nm5 nm
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released in Q2/2015.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 published in Q2/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +106.4 %

  1. 2,401
  2. 4,956

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 10,579

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 2,372

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 6,038

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,539

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 48,867

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)

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  2. 42 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 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)

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  2. 20 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 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)

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  2. 65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 112 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 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 RTX 4060 +168.3 %

  1. 37,964
  2. 101,863

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +93.2 %

  1. 49,314
  2. 95,286

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