NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1245 MHz vs 1075 MHz
452.7x more texture fill rate: 79.68 GTexel/s vs 176 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
8.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 250 Watt
250x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43474 vs 42988

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Dec 2021 vs 2 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1245 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Texture fill rate	79.68 GTexel/s vs 176 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	43474 vs 42988

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 38% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2048
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 479
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13793 vs 7757
Around 46% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5747 vs 3931

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 735 MHz
Pipelines	2816 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	853 vs 479
PassMark - G3D Mark	13793 vs 7757
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5747 vs 3931

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

479

853

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7757

13793

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

43474

42988

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3931

5747

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	479	853
PassMark - G3D Mark	7757	13793
Geekbench - OpenCL	43474	42988
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3931	5747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		788.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3338

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GA107	GM200
Launch date	17 Dec 2021	2 June 2015
Place in performance rating	292	295
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$679.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		23.43
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1245 MHz	1075 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	159.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.20 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.100 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	2816
Pixel fill rate	39.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.68 GTexel/s	176 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	250 Watt
CUDA cores		2816
Floating-point performance		6,060 gflops
Transistor count		8,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm, 9 inches	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin + 8-pin
Width	113 mm, 4.4 inches
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Recommended system power (PSU)		600 Watt
SLI options		4x
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	336.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround