GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Prices and Stock
MSRP $1599

VIPERA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition Graphic Card

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 4090 BTF OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 24GB GDDR6X, Exclusive to BTF ATX Motherboards

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4090, 24GB GDRR6X, 384-Bit, Extreme Clock: 2595 MHz, HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr 3 Ada Lovelace Architecture OC Graphics Card (RTX 4090 Gaming X Slim 24G)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 24GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, DLSS3 Support, Supports 4K)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $649

PNY GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB CG Edition Graphics Card

MSI Limited GAMING Edition GeForce GTX 980 TI 6GB OC DirectX 12 VR READY (GTX 980TI GAMING 6G GOLDEN EDITION)

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 Ti on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 4090 is 2667 days newer than GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 4090

Performs up to 131% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than GeForce GTX 980 Ti - 134 vs 58 FPS
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti - 24 vs 6 GB

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Up to 42% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than GeForce RTX 4090 - $15.50 vs $26.83 per FPS
Consumes up to 44% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 - 250 vs 450 Watts

This is a free version of Baldur's Gate 3.

Baldur's Gate 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022

FPS

134

100%

Value, €/FPS

€26.83/FPS

58%

Price, €

€3594.59

25%

FPS Winner

VIPERA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition Graphic Card

Buy for €3,594.59 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 266 minutes ago

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2015

FPS

43%

Value, €/FPS

€15.5/FPS

100%

Price, €

€899.1

100%

Value Winner

PNY GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB CG Edition Graphics Card

Buy for €899.1 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 267 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2015

1920 x 1080

Very High

389

FPS

413

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Maximum

166

FPS

240

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Ultra

392

FPS

784

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

Ultra

103

FPS

170

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Epic

FPS

249

FPS

Fortnite

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

443.5 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

1290 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2015

Pixel Fillrate

103.3 GPixel/s

23%

Texel Fillrate

189.4 GTexel/s

15%

GeForce RTX 4090	vs	GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Sep 20th, 2022	Release Date	Jun 2nd, 2015
GeForce 40	Generation	GeForce 900
$1599	MSRP	$649
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x 16-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
24 GB	Memory	6 GB
GDDR6X	Type	GDDR5
384-bit	Bus	384-bit
1008 GB/s	Bandwidth	336.6 GB/s
2235 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1000 MHz
2520 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1076 MHz
1313 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1753 MHz