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GeForce RTX 2070 vs GeForce GTX 980

GeForce RTX 2070 vs GeForce GTX 980: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Logo
MSI GAMING GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDRR6 256-bit HDMI/DP/USB Ray Tracing Turing Architecture HDCP Graphics Card (RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G)

Buy for $829 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75064 minutes ago

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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

Buy for $399 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75065 minutes ago

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Logo
MSI GAMING GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDRR6 256-bit HDMI/DP/USB Ray Tracing Turing Architecture HDCP Graphics Card (RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G)

Buy for $829 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75064 minutes ago

vs

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

4 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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

Buy for $399 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75065 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 2070 outperforms the cheaper GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 2070 is 1489 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

  • Performs up to 57% better in Alan Wake 2 than GeForce GTX 980 - 55 vs 35 FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 8 vs 4 GB

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

  • Up to 52% cheaper than GeForce RTX 2070 - $399.0 vs $829.0
  • Consumes up to 6% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 - 165 vs 175 Watts
This is a free version of Alan Wake 2.
Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Logo
GeForce RTX 2070

Desktop • Oct 17th, 2018


FPS

55

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$829

48%

FPS Winner

MSI GAMING GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDRR6 256-bit HDMI/DP/USB Ray Tracing Turing Architecture HDCP Graphics Card (RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G)

Buy for $829 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75064 minutes ago

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

35

63.63636363636363%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$399

100%

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

Buy for $399 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75065 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Logo
GeForce RTX 2070

Desktop • Oct 17th, 2018

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Logo
GeForce RTX 2070

Desktop • Oct 17th, 2018


Pixel Fillrate

103.7 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

233.3 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

75.0433944069431%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

66.69524217745392%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Oct 17th, 2018
Release DateSep 19th, 2014
GeForce 20GenerationGeForce 900
$499
MSRP$549
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-COutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x 8-pinPower Connectors2x 6-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
8 GB
Memory4 GB
GDDR6TypeGDDR5
256-bitBus256-bit
448 GB/s
Bandwidth224.4 GB/s
1410 MHz
Base Clock Speed1127 MHz
1620 MHz
Boost Clock Speed1216 MHz
1750 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1753 MHz

Builds Using GeForce RTX 2070 or GeForce GTX 980

Alan Wake 2, 1920 x 1080, High

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