Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
611%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| 511% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 |
| 190 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 7900 XTX . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7900 XTX
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 7900 XTX | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 31 (Navi 31 XTX
(215-145000066)) | vs | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 5 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 308 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 58,000 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 6144 | vs | 2048 |
| Raytracing Cores | 96 | vs | none |
| Compute Units | 96 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1900 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 192 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 384 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 7900 XTX | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2500 MHz
20 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 24576 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 7900 XTX | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 355 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 3 Nov 2022 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
481.00 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
961.90 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
61560.00 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 7900 XTX
290
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
358
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
227
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
270
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
129
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
147
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)