The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Turing) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC is based on the graphics chip GM204-400-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Memory Size
6 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
336 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Base Clock
1.365 GHz
1.228 GHz
Boost Clock
1.680 GHz
1.329 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC
TDP
160 W
165 W
Tjunction max
88 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
2 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 165 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
3 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
USB-C
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC
Length
229 mm
281 mm
Height
113 mm
124 mm
Width
--
41 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
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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.
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.
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