NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

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GeForce GTX 980 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 2080

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 980 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2080
Overview
Released
Released	June 2015	September 2018
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Maxwell	Turing
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,816	2,944
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,075 MHz	1,710 MHz or 1,800 MHz
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.	Main figures follow NVIDIA's reference specification. Founders Edition raises boost clock and board power. Photo shows MSI's stock-clocked RTX 2080 AERO 8G partner board, which uses a blower rather than the Founders Edition's dual axial fans.
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	Dedicated first generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	Dedicated 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.	1515 MHz for both reference and Founders Edition
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 Numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker sources used do not publish it.	14 Gbps GDDR6
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	250 W	215 W or 225 W
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.	Founders Edition supports DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and USB-C/VirtualLink; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. MSI AERO 8G has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × USB-C.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	–	7680 × 4320
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W	650 W
Slot width
Slot width	–	2 slots (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	275 × 110 × 37 mm and 920 g (MSI GTX 980 Ti 6GD5)	266.74 × 115.7 mm (Founders Edition); 268 × 114 × 41 mm and 879 g (pictured MSI AERO 8G partner board)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	–	Turing NVENC encoder