Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
111%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 11% higher gaming performance. |
| 58 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 980 . |
| 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 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 6500 XT
The Radeon RX 6500 XT 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 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 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
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)