GeForce RTX 4060 Ti vs GTX 980M SLI

Place in the ranking	226	35
Place by popularity	not in top-100	16
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	83.15
Power efficiency	8.51	25.59
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	no data	AD106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2014 (10 years ago)	18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores	3072	4352
Core clock speed	1038 MHz	2310 MHz
Boost clock speed	1127 MHz	2535 MHz
Number of transistors	2x 5200 Million	22,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	160 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	344.8
Floating-point processing power	no data	22.06 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	48
TMUs	no data	136
Tensor Cores	no data	136
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	34

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	240 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	288.0 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

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:

900p	135 −122%	300−350 +122%
Full HD	110 −136%	260−270 +136%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

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1.53

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	45−50 −139%	110−120 +139%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 −140%	120−130 +140%
Elden Ring	80−85 −135%	190−200 +135%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 −137%	180−190 +137%
Counter-Strike 2	45−50 −139%	110−120 +139%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 −140%	120−130 +140%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 −131%	250−260 +131%
Metro Exodus	65−70 −131%	150−160 +131%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −122%	120−130 +122%
Valorant	95−100 −132%	230−240 +132%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 −137%	180−190 +137%
Counter-Strike 2	45−50 −139%	110−120 +139%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 −140%	120−130 +140%
Dota 2	85−90 −135%	200−210 +135%
Elden Ring	80−85 −135%	190−200 +135%
Far Cry 5	75−80 −137%	180−190 +137%
Fortnite	120−130 −134%	290−300 +134%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 −131%	250−260 +131%
Grand Theft Auto V	85−90 −135%	200−210 +135%
Metro Exodus	65−70 −131%	150−160 +131%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	150−160 −124%	350−400 +124%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −122%	120−130 +122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	103 −133%	240−250 +133%
Valorant	95−100 −132%	230−240 +132%
World of Tanks	250−260 −134%	600−650 +134%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 −137%	180−190 +137%
Counter-Strike 2	45−50 −139%	110−120 +139%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 −140%	120−130 +140%
Dota 2	85−90 −135%	200−210 +135%
Far Cry 5	75−80 −137%	180−190 +137%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 −131%	250−260 +131%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	150−160 −124%	350−400 +124%
Valorant	95−100 −132%	230−240 +132%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	40−45 −132%	95−100 +132%
Elden Ring	40−45 −133%	100−105 +133%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 −138%	100−105 +138%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 −129%	400−450 +129%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −139%	55−60 +139%
World of Tanks	160−170 −115%	350−400 +115%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	50−55 −140%	120−130 +140%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −138%	50−55 +138%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 −138%	50−55 +138%
Far Cry 5	70−75 −136%	170−180 +136%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −131%	150−160 +131%
Metro Exodus	55−60 −132%	130−140 +132%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 −136%	85−90 +136%
Valorant	65−70 −127%	150−160 +127%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −127%	50−55 +127%
Dota 2	40−45 −133%	100−105 +133%
Elden Ring	18−20 −137%	45−50 +137%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 −133%	100−105 +133%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −137%	45−50 +137%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 −140%	180−190 +140%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −119%	35−40 +119%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −133%	100−105 +133%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −131%	60−65 +131%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 −127%	50−55 +127%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%
Dota 2	40−45 −133%	100−105 +133%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −127%	75−80 +127%
Fortnite	30−35 −126%	70−75 +126%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −137%	90−95 +137%
Valorant	30−35 −134%	75−80 +134%

This is how GTX 980M SLI and RTX 4060 Ti compete in popular games:

RTX 4060 Ti is 122% faster in 900p
RTX 4060 Ti is 136% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	24.66	59.33
Recency	7 October 2014	18 May 2023
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	160 Watt

RTX 4060 Ti has a 140.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 980M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.