NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

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GeForce GTX 980 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 980 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
Overview
Released
Released	June 2015	July 2019
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Maxwell	Turing
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,816	2,176
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,075 MHz	1,650 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	Reference main figures follow NVIDIA's retained 900-series table. Photo shows MSI's reference-style GTX 980 Ti 6GD5. The first-sale date comes from TweakTown's contemporary coverage, which explicitly states announced and released June 1; the original maker launch page is retired.	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition GPU figures; the photo shows PNY's stock-clock Dual Fan partner card
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	First-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	Second-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS	NVIDIA DLSS super resolution; no DLSS frame generation
Base clock
Base clock	1000 MHz; NVIDIA lists 1075 MHz boost, while MSI's GTX 980 Ti 6GD5 datasheet lists 1076 MHz.	1,470 MHz
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	6 GB GDDR5	8 GB GDDR6 (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	384-bit (better)	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	448 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	7 Gbps GDDR5; MSI lists 7010 MHz effective memory speed. Numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker sources used do not publish it.	PNY publishes 14 Gbps GDDR6 and 448 GB/sec bandwidth
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	250 W	175 W (better)
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.2, 1 × HDMI and 1 × dual-link DVI-I (MSI GTX 980 Ti 6GD5); MSI's datasheet does not state the HDMI version.	NVIDIA's original Founders Edition manual shows 2 × DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI and USB-C; its current comparison table omits USB-C. Pictured PNY Dual Fan lists DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and DVI-D, with no USB-C listed.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	–	7680 × 4320; NVIDIA specifies support for four displays
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin	1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W	NVIDIA specifies 550 W; requirements depend on the system
Slot width
Slot width	–	Two slots for the Founders Edition and pictured PNY Dual Fan
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	275 × 110 × 37 mm and 920 g (MSI GTX 980 Ti 6GD5)	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition is 228.60 × 112.6 mm; pictured PNY Dual Fan is 1.65 × 9.25 × 4.4 inches
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	–	Seventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fourth-generation Decoder; PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16. NVIDIA specifies no NVLink support.