amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory3840
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6800
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 6800
Radeon RX 6800
$579 • Oct 2020
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 250 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2105 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 512 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 3840 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | 60 | N/A |
| TMUs | 240 | 128 |
| ROPs | 96 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 202.1 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 512 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 16.17 GFLOPS | 4.981 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 26800 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | 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 6800
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 6800
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
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