EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING 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.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RDNA 3) and has 24 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is based on the graphics chip Navi 31, which comes from the RDNA 3 architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip Navi 31
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 3
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 96
2816 Shader 6144
96 Render Output Units 192
176 Texture Units 384
0 Raytracing Cores 96

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 20.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.500 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.500 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 20.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 960 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.140 GHz Base Clock 1.900 GHz
1.228 GHz Boost Clock 2.525 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.33 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 370 W.

250 W TDP 370 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING is equipped with a total of 2 Radial / Axial (Radiator) main fans.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial / Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
1 x 120 mm Fan 2 --
Hybrid cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 313 mm
111 mm Height 134 mm
-- Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

06G-P4-1996-KR Part-no 11322-02-20G
Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2022
799 $ Launch Price 999 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 5 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)

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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
104 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
134 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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
96 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX
24 GB GDDR6
143 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

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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