
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory4096
Cores644.6 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores336.6 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Radeon RX 9070 XT
$599 • Mar 2025
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
$649 • Jun 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 304 W | 250 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2970 MHz | 1076 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 644.6 GB/s | 336.6 GB/s |
| Process Size | 4nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 2816 |
| RT Cores | 64 | N/A |
| TMUs | 256 | 176 |
| ROPs | 128 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2518 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 380.2 GPixel/s | 103.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 760.3 GTexel/s | 336.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 48.66 GFLOPS | 6.06 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 8.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 357 mm² | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 53900 Million | 8000 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 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 9070 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 9070 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 9070 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 9070 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
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