ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
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ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (RDNA 1) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT has the Navi 10 XLE graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT GPU ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Navi 10 XLE GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
2304 Shader 2816
64 Render Output Units 96
144 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 12.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
288 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.400 GHz Base Clock 1.000 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.076 GHz
1.67 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

160 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
3 x 85 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
28 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
31 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
ASUS Aura Sync LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 No

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

304 mm Length 267 mm
130 mm Height 111 mm
54 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q1/2020.

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

ROG-STRIX-RX5600XT-A6G-GAMING Part-no --
Q1/2020 Release date Q3/2015
279 $ (Reference) Launch Price 739 $
7 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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

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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB GDDR6
92 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB GDDR6
128 fps (avg)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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