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


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

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.

GPU

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.
ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC GPU GALAX GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
4608 Shader 2048
128 Render Output Units 64
288 Texture Units 128
72 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

16 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.875 GHz Base Clock 1.126 GHz
2.340 GHz Boost Clock 1.216 GHz
2.09 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

300 W TDP 165 W
345 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
35 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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.

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

Featureset

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.

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

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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

Dimensions

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.

320 mm Length 281 mm
140 mm Height 124 mm
58 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

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.

90YV0FL1-M0NM00 Part-no 98NQH6DHC8XX
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2014
829 $ Launch Price 499 $
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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
116 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 TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
109 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
187 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT OC
16 GB GDDR6
208 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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