Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 5500 XT vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AMD
Radeon RX 5500 XT
4096 Mb GDDR6
Released 12 Dec 2019
DESKTOP
VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 2 Jun 2015
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 5500 XT105%
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the 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 the 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
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).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XTX
(215-0932396)) | GM200 (GM200-310-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | 8,000 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 22 | 22 |
| Core clock | 1607 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| TMUs | 88 | 176 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Dec 2019 | 2 Jun 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 5500 XT59.04 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti96.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 5500 XT162.40 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 5500 XT224.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti337.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 5500 XT5196.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 5500 XT78
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti55
FPS (higher is better)
Death Stranding
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 5500 XT85
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti87
FPS (higher is better)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
- Radeon RX 5500 XT66
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti66
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 5500 XT59
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti39
FPS (higher is better)
Death Stranding
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 5500 XT57
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti62
FPS (higher is better)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
- Radeon RX 5500 XT43
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti45
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield V
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- Radeon RX 5500 XT33
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti32
FPS (higher is better)
Death Stranding
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
- Radeon RX 5500 XT26
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti35
FPS (higher is better)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
- Radeon RX 5500 XT22
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti23
FPS (higher is better)