nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory3840
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6800
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
Radeon RX 6800
$579 • Oct 2020
AMD Radeon RX 6800
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 | AMD Radeon RX 6800 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 165 W | 250 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1216 MHz | 2105 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 512 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 3840 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 60 |
| TMUs | 128 | 240 |
| ROPs | 64 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 77.82 GPixel/s | 202.1 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 512 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.981 GFLOPS | 16.17 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | 520 mm² |
| Transistors | 5200 Million | 26800 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| 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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 6800
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 6800
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 6800
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
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