GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 980

Prices and Stock
MSRP $699

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr Turing Architecture Overclocked Graphics Card (RTX 2080 Super Gaming X TRIO)

EVGA 08G-P4-3081-KR, GeForce RTX 2080 Super Black Gaming, 8GB GDDR6

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Founders Edition Graphics Card

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Super KO Gaming, 08G-P4-2083-KR, 8GB GDDR6, Dual Fans

Prices and Stock
MSRP $549

Epic IT Service Geforce GTX 980, 4GB GDDR5, 256 bit, Virtual Reality (VR) Ready, 3 x DisplayPort 1.2, 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x DL-DVI, Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 (Bulk OEM)

Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 SLI DVI/HDMI/DP Gaming Graphics Card Advanced GPU

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB K|NGP|N ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent w/Multi-Color LED Cooler, Customized Overclocking Graphics Card 04G-P4-5988-KR

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER outperforms GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 980 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is 1768 days newer than GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Performs up to 96% better in Control than GeForce GTX 980 - 98 vs 50 FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 8 vs 4 GB

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980

Up to 59% better value when playing Control than GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER - $2.24 vs $5.51 per FPS
Consumes up to 34% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER - 165 vs 250 Watts

This is a free version of Control.

Control

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Desktop • Jul 23rd, 2019

FPS

100%

Value, €/FPS

€5.51/FPS

41%

Price, €

€539.64

20%

FPS Winner

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr Turing Architecture Overclocked Graphics Card (RTX 2080 Super Gaming X TRIO)

Buy for €539.64 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 247 minutes ago

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

FPS

51%

Value, €/FPS

€2.24/FPS

100%

Price, €

€112.16

100%

Value Winner

Epic IT Service Geforce GTX 980, 4GB GDDR5, 256 bit, Virtual Reality (VR) Ready, 3 x DisplayPort 1.2, 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x DL-DVI, Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 (Bulk OEM)

Buy for €112.16 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 247 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Desktop • Jul 23rd, 2019

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

1920 x 1080

Ultra

110

FPS

144

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Maximum

155

FPS

193

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Ultra

351

FPS

477

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

High

556

FPS

685

FPS

Minecraft

1920 x 1080

Very High

341

FPS

353

FPS

League of Legends

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Desktop • Jul 23rd, 2019

Pixel Fillrate

116.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

348.5 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

67%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

45%

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER	vs	GeForce GTX 980
Jul 23rd, 2019	Release Date	Sep 19th, 2014
GeForce 20	Generation	GeForce 900
$699	MSRP	$549
1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	Outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	2x 6-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
8 GB	Memory	4 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR5
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
495.9 GB/s	Bandwidth	224.4 GB/s
1650 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1127 MHz
1815 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1216 MHz
1937 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1753 MHz