amd
Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory1024
Cores143.9 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores336.6 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Radeon RX 6500 XT
$199 • Jan 2022
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
$649 • Jun 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 107 W | 250 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2815 MHz | 1076 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s | 336.6 GB/s |
| Process Size | 6nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 2816 |
| RT Cores | 16 | N/A |
| TMUs | 64 | 176 |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 64-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2248 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 90.08 GPixel/s | 103.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 143.9 GTexel/s | 336.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.765 GFLOPS | 6.06 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 5400 Million | 8000 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD • 4GB GDDR6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
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