Radeon RX 5500 XT vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Summary
Radeon RX 5500 XT
105%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 XT |
| 5% higher gaming performance. |
| 120 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) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XTX
(215-0932396)) | vs | GM200 (GM200-310-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | vs | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | vs | 8,000 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 22 |
| Core clock | 1607 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 96 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Dec 2019 | vs | 2 Jun 2015 |
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.04 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
96.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
162.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
337.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
5196.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
78
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
55
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
85
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
87
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
66
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
66
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
39
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
57
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
62
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
43
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
45
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
33
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
32
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
26
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
35
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
22
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
23
FPS (higher is better)