The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.22 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.98 TFLOPS.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 has 1408 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.11 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 is 2.6 % faster than the Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream.
The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
Memory Size
4 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
192 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
Base Clock
1.127 GHz
1.530 GHz
Boost Clock
1.216 GHz
1.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.79 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream has a turbo clock of 1.216 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 is 1.815 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
TDP
165 W
120 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
95 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream 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 98 °C.
The ASUS TUF Gaming 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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream are cooled with a Air cooling.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
Max. Displays
4
3
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
1x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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
Dimensions
Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660
Length
280 mm
205 mm
Height
133 mm
123 mm
Width
50 mm
46 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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 ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 +33.8 %
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.
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.
FP32 (TFLOPS) ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 +2.6 %
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