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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB GDDR6 · 2.50 GHz · 355 W Speed index 51/100
In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 1,007 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING
Speed index
51/100
5/100
FP32
61.44 TFLOPS
5.55 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.50 GHz
1.35 GHz
Memory Size
24 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
355 W
165 W
Launch Price
999 $
549 $
996 pts
112 pts

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING
Based onAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU ChipNavi 31GM204-400-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors9616
Shader61442048
Render Output Units19264
Texture Units384128
Raytracing Cores96--
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and has 6144 texture shaders and 96 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING
Memory Size24 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.500 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed20.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth960 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit256 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING
Base Clock1.900 GHz1.253 GHz
Boost Clock2.500 GHz1.354 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.30 GHz1.33 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX clocks in the base with up to 1.900 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING is 1.253 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING
TDP355 W165 W
Tjunction max97 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 355 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 90 mm3 x 80 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)40 dB--
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort2x DP 2.13x DP 1.2
DVI--2
USB-C1--
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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 7900 XTX.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING is 4096x2160 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1Decode / EncodeNo
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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 7900 XTXGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING
Length287 mm299 mm
Height123 mm114 mm
Width51 mm39 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 287 mm long, 123 mm high and 51 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING is 299 mm long, 114 mm high and 39 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING
GPU InterfacePCIe 4 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ4/2022Q3/2014
Launch Price999 $549 $
Structure size5 nm28 nm
Part-no--GV-N980G1 GAMING-4GD
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX was released in Q4/2022 at a price of 999 $.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 G1 GAMING was introduced in Q3/2014 at a price of 549 $.

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 7900 XTX +630.1 %

  1. 14,216
  2. 1,947

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 15,913
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 5,907
  2. no data

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 60 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 122 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 176 fps (avg)
  2. no data

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 52 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 95 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 142 fps (avg)
  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 7900 XTX +451.0 %

  1. 196,758
  2. 35,711

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX +391.3 %

  1. 211,455
  2. 43,041

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