NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

TU116GPU NameGM204
TU116-300-A1Model numberGM204-400-A1
TuringArchitectureMaxwell 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
12 nmProcess Size28 nm
6,600 millionTransistors5,200 million
284 mm²Die Size398 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 14th, 2019Release DateSep 19th, 2014
GeForce 16FamilyGeForce 900
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
219 USDLaunch Price549 USD
GeForce 10PredecessorGeForce 700
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

6 GBMemory Size4 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
192.1 GB/sBandwidth224.4 GB/s

Performance

85.68 GPixel/sPixel fillrate77.82 GPixel/s
157.1 GTexel/sTexture fillrate155.6 GTexel/s
5.027 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance4.981 TFLOPS
157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance155.6 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

1530 MHzBase Clock1127 MHz
1785 MHzBoost Clock1216 MHz
2001 MHz
8 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective

Render Config

1408Shading Units2048
88TMUs128
48ROPs64
64 KB (per SM)L1 Cache48 KB (per SMM)
1536 KBL2 Cache2 MB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
229 mm
9 inches
Length267 mm
10.5 inches
111 mm
4.4 inches
Width111 mm
4.4 inches
35 mm
1.4 inches
Height40 mm
1.6 inches
120 WThermal design power (TDP)165 W
300 WSuggested PSU450 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
1x 8-pinPower Connectors2x 6-pin
PG165 SKU 0Board NumberPG401

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.1
6.6Shader Model6.4
7.5CUDA5.2