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GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs GeForce RTX 2060

Intro

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti features a GPU core clock speed of 1000 MHz, and the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory runs at 1750 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2816 Stream Processors, 176 TAUs, and 96 ROPs.

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 2060, which comes with core clock speeds of 1365 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 1920 SPUs along with 120 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060 160 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti 250 Watts
Difference: 90 Watts (56%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2060 should in theory be a small bit superior to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti 336000 MB/sec
Difference: 8064 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a bit (more or less 7%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 2060. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti 176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060 163800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 12200 (7%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti should be much (more or less 47%) better at FSAA than the GeForce RTX 2060, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti 96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060 65520 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 30480 (47%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 980 Ti GeForce RTX 2060
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year June 2015 January 2019
Code Name GM200 TU106-200A-KA-A1
Memory 6144 MB 6144 MB
Core Speed 1000 MHz 1365 MHz
Memory Speed 7000 MHz 3500 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 250 watts 160 watts
Bandwidth 336000 MB/sec 344064 MB/sec
Texel Rate 176000 Mtexels/sec 163800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 96000 Mpixels/sec 65520 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 2816 1920
Texture Mapping Units 176 120
Render Output Units 96 48
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Bus Width 384-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 12 nm
Transistors 8000 million 10800 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 980 Ti

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