Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AMD
Radeon RX 6500 XT
4096 Mb GDDR6
Released 19 Jan 2022
DESKTOP
VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6144 Mb GDDR5
Released 2 Jun 2015
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 6500 XT100%
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti116%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6500 XT
- 143 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)
- Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 980 Ti
- 16% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 980 Ti
The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | GM200 (GM200-310-A1) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | 8,000 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 16 | 22 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| TMUs | 64 | 176 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | 2 Jun 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 6500 XT90.08 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti96.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 6500 XT180.20 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 6500 XT144.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti337.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 6500 XT5765.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
- Radeon RX 6500 XT64
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti66
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- Radeon RX 6500 XT67
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti76
FPS (higher is better)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
- Radeon RX 6500 XT40
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti45
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- Radeon RX 6500 XT44
- GeForce GTX 980 Ti61
FPS (higher is better)