Quadro RTX 6000 vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 Ti with Quadro RTX 6000, including specs and performance data.

GTX 980 Ti
2015
6 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
35.82

RTX 6000 outperforms GTX 980 Ti by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking13869
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.345.32
Power efficiency9.8212.78
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM200TU102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date2 June 2015 (9 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 $6,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 980 Ti has 170% better value for money than RTX 6000.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores28164608
Core clock speed1000 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed1075 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rate189.4509.8
Floating-point processing power6.06 TFLOPS16.31 TFLOPS
ROPs9696
TMUs176288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.5 GB/s672.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.24x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 980 Ti 35.82
RTX 6000 48.46
+35.3%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 980 Ti 13804
RTX 6000 18674
+35.3%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 980 Ti 42988
RTX 6000 148896
+246%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 980 Ti 52856
RTX 6000 126987
+140%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 980 Ti 35714
RTX 6000 159550
+347%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD101
−28.7%
130−140
+28.7%
1440p48
−25%
60−65
+25%
4K52
−34.6%
70−75
+34.6%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.4348.45
1440p13.52104.98
4K12.4889.99

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
−29%
80−85
+29%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
−31.6%
100−105
+31.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
−29%
80−85
+29%
Battlefield 5 110−120
−29.3%
150−160
+29.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
−30.1%
95−100
+30.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
−29%
80−85
+29%
Far Cry 5 75−80
−26.6%
100−105
+26.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
−33.3%
120−130
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
−31.9%
240−250
+31.9%
Hitman 3 75−80
−31.6%
100−105
+31.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
−31.6%
200−210
+31.6%
Metro Exodus 110−120
−28.2%
150−160
+28.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
−27.9%
110−120
+27.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
−31.8%
170−180
+31.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
−30.1%
160−170
+30.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
−31.6%
100−105
+31.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
−29%
80−85
+29%
Battlefield 5 47
−27.7%
60−65
+27.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
−30.1%
95−100
+30.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
−29%
80−85
+29%
Far Cry 5 75−80
−26.6%
100−105
+26.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 36
−25%
45−50
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
−31.9%
240−250
+31.9%
Hitman 3 75−80
−31.6%
100−105
+31.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
−31.6%
200−210
+31.6%
Metro Exodus 49
−32.7%
65−70
+32.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
−27.9%
110−120
+27.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
−31.8%
170−180
+31.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 155
−29%
200−210
+29%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
−30.1%
160−170
+30.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 46
−30.4%
60−65
+30.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
−29%
80−85
+29%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
−30.1%
95−100
+30.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
−29%
80−85
+29%
Far Cry 5 75−80
−26.6%
100−105
+26.6%
Forza Horizon 4 72
−31.9%
95−100
+31.9%
Hitman 3 75−80
−31.6%
100−105
+31.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
−31.6%
200−210
+31.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
−31.8%
170−180
+31.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 59
−27.1%
75−80
+27.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
−30.1%
160−170
+30.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
−27.9%
110−120
+27.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
−32.4%
90−95
+32.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
−27.3%
70−75
+27.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−31.6%
50−55
+31.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−28.2%
50−55
+28.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−31%
55−60
+31%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−29.6%
35−40
+29.6%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−34.1%
55−60
+34.1%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
−32.4%
270−280
+32.4%
Hitman 3 45−50
−33.3%
60−65
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
−29.9%
100−105
+29.9%
Metro Exodus 65−70
−34.3%
90−95
+34.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
−29.4%
110−120
+29.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−30%
65−70
+30%
Watch Dogs: Legion 180−190
−31.9%
240−250
+31.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
−31.1%
80−85
+31.1%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30
−33.3%
40−45
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 29
−20.7%
35−40
+20.7%
Hitman 3 27−30
−20.7%
35−40
+20.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
−34.5%
230−240
+34.5%
Metro Exodus 35
−28.6%
45−50
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44
−25%
55−60
+25%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18
−33.3%
24−27
+33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−22.7%
27−30
+22.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−22.7%
27−30
+22.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 42
−31%
55−60
+31%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−25%
60−65
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−33.3%
24−27
+33.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
−29%
40−45
+29%

This is how GTX 980 Ti and RTX 6000 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 6000 is 29% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 6000 is 25% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 6000 is 35% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.82 48.46
Recency 2 June 2015 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 260 Watt

GTX 980 Ti has 4% lower power consumption.

RTX 6000, on the other hand, has a 35.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 980 Ti in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 6000 is a workstation one.


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