Radeon RX 5700 XT vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
Radeon RX 5700 XT
195%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5700 XT |
| 95% higher gaming performance. |
| 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 |
| 60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 5700 XT . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon RX 5700 XT
The Radeon RX 5700 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 10 (Navi 10 XT) | vs | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 254 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 40 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1605 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 256 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 225 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Jul 2019 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 5700 XT
112.30 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700 XT
449.30 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700 XT
448.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5700 XT
8980.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
133
GeForce GTX 980
80
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
117
GeForce GTX 980
72
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
158
GeForce GTX 980
88
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
119
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
148
GeForce GTX 980
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
127
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
106
GeForce GTX 980
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
102
GeForce GTX 980
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
129
GeForce GTX 980
61
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
78
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
108
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
85
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)
Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
60
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
55
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
62
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
40
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5700 XT
66
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 5700 XT
44
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)