NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB $429
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti $649
4608 Shaders
16GB GDDR7
2575MHz
2816 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1075MHz
Peak AI Performance
759.4 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
24.22 TOPS
INT8
FP32
23.73 TFLOPS
FP32
6.05 TFLOPS
FP16
23.73 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
180W
TDP
250W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce 50
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV196
GB206
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Codename
NV120
GM200
Variant
GM200-310
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/16/2025
Release Date
6/1/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
183 mm²
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Die Size
601 mm²
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Transistor Count
23 Billion
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Transistor Count
8 Billion
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Transistor Density
125.68M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.31M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
4608 Shaders
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Shading Units
2816 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
144 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
176 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
144 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
36 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
36 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
22 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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2235MHz Base
2575MHz
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1000MHz Base
1075MHz
Peak AI Performance
759.4 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
24.22 TOPS
INT8
FP4
379.7 TFLOPS Tensor
759.4 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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189.85 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
379.7 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
94.93 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
189.85 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
23.73 TFLOPS
94.93 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
189.85 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
47.46 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
94.92 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP32
23.73 TFLOPS
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FP32
6.05 TFLOPS
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FP64
370 GFLOPS
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FP64
190 GFLOPS
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BF16
23.73 TFLOPS
47.46 TFLOPS Tensor
94.92 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
23.73 TFLOPS Tensor
47.46 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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189.85 TOPS Tensor
379.7 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
24.22 TOPS
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INT32
23.73 TOPS
INT32
6.05 TOPS
Ray Tracing
72 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
123.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
103.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
370.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
189.2 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
32MB Shared
L2
3MB Shared
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16GB
GDDR7
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6GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
2210MHz
Transfer Rate
28GT/s
Bandwidth
448GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
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TDP
180W
TDP
250W
Temp
85°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
NVENC 9
Model
2x NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 6
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Not a Card
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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