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ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC vs GALAX GeForce GTX 980

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC
ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.34 GHz · 300 W Speed index 18/100

The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC has 4608 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.34 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 21.57 TFLOPS.

GALAX GeForce GTX 980
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.22 GHz · 165 W Speed index 4/100

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.22 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.98 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC is 333 % faster than the GALAX GeForce GTX 980.

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OCGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Speed index
18/100
4/100
FP32
21.57 TFLOPS
4.98 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.34 GHz
1.22 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
300 W
165 W
Launch Price
829 $
499 $
503 pts
105 pts

GPU

GPUASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OCGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU ChipNavi 21 XTGM204-400-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors7216
Shader46082048
Render Output Units12864
Texture Units288128
Raytracing Cores72--
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The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 72 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OCGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Memory Size16 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OCGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Base Clock1.875 GHz1.126 GHz
Boost Clock2.340 GHz1.216 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.09 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC has a turbo clock of 2.340 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is 1.216 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OCGALAX GeForce GTX 980
TDP300 W165 W
TDP (up)345 W--
Tjunction max100 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 6-Pin
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The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OCGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 13 x 100 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)35 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OCGALAX 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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The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OCGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDASUS Aura SyncNo LED lighting
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The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OCGALAX GeForce GTX 980
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1DecodeNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OCGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Length320 mm281 mm
Height140 mm124 mm
Width58 mm41 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC is 58 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is 58 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OCGALAX GeForce GTX 980
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ1/2021Q4/2014
Launch Price829 $499 $
Structure size7 nm28 nm
Part-no90YV0FL1-M0NM0098NQH6DHC8XX
Documentsdata sheet--
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC was released in Q1/2021.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 published in Q4/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

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 ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC +410.2 %

  1. 9,397
  2. 1,842

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 9,651
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 3,598
  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. 61 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 71 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 106 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. 33 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 67 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 116 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 109 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 187 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 208 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 ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC +404.4 %

  1. 161,627
  2. 32,043

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC +318.5 %

  1. 161,638
  2. 38,621

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 203,038
  2. no data

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