EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ and the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and has 2816 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has 5120 shaders and 80 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ GPU AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 2
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
2816 Shader 5120
96 Render Output Units 128
176 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ clocks in the base with up to 1.190 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is 1.825 GHz.

1.190 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.291 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
91 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 38 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ is 279 mm long, 151 mm high and -- wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and -- wide.

279 mm Length 267 mm
151 mm Height 120 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1492 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti CLASSIFIED GAMING ACX 2.0+ was released in Q2/2015 at a price of 649 $ (Reference).

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 999 $.

06G-P4-0998-KR Part-no 102-D412
Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2020
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $
28 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
9889

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
3619

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)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 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)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 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)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 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

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
235478

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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