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AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs Zotac GeForce GTX 980

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.59 GHz · 160 W Speed index 9/100
Zotac GeForce GTX 980
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.22 GHz · 165 W Speed index 4/100
In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and the Zotac GeForce GTX 980, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is 113 % faster than the Zotac GeForce GTX 980.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XTZotac GeForce GTX 980
Speed index
9/100
4/100
FP32
10.61 TFLOPS
4.98 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.59 GHz
1.22 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
160 W
165 W
Launch Price
379 $
499 $

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6600 XTZotac GeForce GTX 980
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6600 XTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU ChipNavi 23 XTGM204-400-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3216
Shader20482048
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units128128
Raytracing Cores32--
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The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT and has 2048 texture shaders and 32 execution units.

Zotac GeForce GTX 980 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6600 XTZotac GeForce GTX 980
Memory Size8 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface128 bit256 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6600 XTZotac GeForce GTX 980
Base Clock1.968 GHz1.126 GHz
Boost Clock2.589 GHz1.216 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.36 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.968 GHz. The base frequency of the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 is 1.126 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6600 XTZotac GeForce GTX 980
TDP160 W165 W
Tjunction max100 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin2 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6600 XTZotac GeForce GTX 980
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 111 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6600 XTZotac GeForce GTX 980
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.2
DVI--1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6600 XTZotac GeForce GTX 980
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 is 4096x2160 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6600 XTZotac GeForce GTX 980
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1DecodeNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 6600 XTZotac GeForce GTX 980
Length--267 mm
Height--111 mm
Width--38 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6600 XTZotac GeForce GTX 980
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 8PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ3/2021Q3/2014
Launch Price379 $499 $
Structure size7 nm28 nm
Part-no--ZT-90201-10P
Documentsdata sheet--
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The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT was released in Q3/2021 at a price of 379 $.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 was introduced in Q3/2014 at a price of 499 $.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT +138.2 %

  1. 4,388
  2. 1,842

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 4,549
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 1,583
  2. no data

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT +153.4 %

  1. 81,202
  2. 32,043

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT +136.3 %

  1. 91,247
  2. 38,621

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 107,926
  2. no data

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