Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
100%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
116%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 143 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 980 Ti . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
| 16% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 980 Ti
The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | GM200 (GM200-310-A1) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 8,000 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 22 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 96 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 2 Jun 2015 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
96.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
337.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
66
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
76
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
61
FPS (higher is better)